Asymptotic Model of a Piezoelectric Composite Beam

Abstract

This paper presents a method of transforming from the three-dimensional piezoelastic problem for a composite material to the one-dimensional problem for a piezoelastic beam. This is done using the asymptotic homogenization technique based on the separation of fast and slow variables in the solution. A special feature of the problem is the presence of two small parameters, one of which characterizes the microstructure of the composite material, and the other defines the cross-sectional size. Homogenized relations describing the piezoelastic beam and fast correctors were obtained. Their joint use makes it possible to correctly describe the total stress-strain state of the original three-dimensional body. The proposed method is suitable for solving the three-dimensional problem of deformation of an extended body with an arbitrary periodic structure as well as for solving new problems (e.g., the torsion problem) that have no analogues in the theory of piezoelastic plates.