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Design & Theory 3/5

 

 

 

 

As remarked before, the equivalent circuit of a PZT actuator is a capacitor in parallel with a current generator driven by deformation. Therefore, once PZT actuators are integrated in the analog circuit, a source term appers in the governing equation. For instance in the case of the telegraphist equation we have the following circuital scheme:
 
In a similar way, because of the PZT transducer, the mechanical equations exhibit a sorce term driven by the voltage drop. In the figure the case of a beam in torsion is shown.