Computational modeling of flexoelectricity-A review

verfasst von
Xiaoying Zhuang, Binh Huy Nguyen, Subbiah Srivilliputtur Nanthakumar, Thai Quoc Tran, Naif Alajlan, Timon Rabczuk
Abstract

Electromechanical coupling devices have been playing an indispensable role in modern engineering. Particularly, flexoelectricity, an electromechanical coupling effect that involves strain gradients, has shown promising potential for future miniaturized electromechanical coupling devices. Therefore, simulation of flexoelectricity is necessary and inevitable. In this paper, we provide an overview of numerical procedures on modeling flexoelectricity. Specifically, we summarize a generalized formulation including the electrostatic stress tensor, which can be simplified to retrieve other formulations from the literature. We further show the weak and discretization forms of the boundary value problem for different numerical methods, including isogeometric analysis and mixed FEM. Several benchmark problems are presented to demonstrate the numerical implementation. The source code for the implementation can be utilized to analyze and develop more complex flexoelectric nano-devices.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Kontinuumsmechanik
Externe Organisation(en)
Ton Duc Thang University
King Saud University
Typ
Übersichtsarbeit
Journal
Energies
Band
16
Anzahl der Seiten
29
ISSN
1996-1073
Publikationsdatum
12.03.2020
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Erneuerbare Energien, Nachhaltigkeit und Umwelt, Energieanlagenbau und Kraftwerkstechnik, Energie (sonstige), Steuerung und Optimierung, Elektrotechnik und Elektronik
Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung
SDG 7 – Erschwingliche und saubere Energie
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.3390/en13061326 (Zugang: Offen)
 

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