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A second-order plate theory for a lithium niobate piezoelectric plate with a ferroelectric inversion layer is established. The theory describes coupled extensional, thickness-stretch and symmetric thickness-shear motions of the plate. The two-dimensional theory obtained is validated by comparing the dispersion relations of the relevant waves with the three-dimensional exact theory. For long waves with small wave numbers, the dispersion curves obtained from the plate theory and the three-dimensional theory have the same cutoff frequencies and curvatures. Therefore, the plate theory is useful in the design of devices operating with these waves. A piezoelectric gyroscope based on symmetric thickness-shear modes is analyzed as an example.
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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Grant No. LY18A020004) and the K. C. Wong Magana Fund through Ningbo University.
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Appendix: Material matrices and plate constitutive relations for z-cut \(\hbox {LiNbO}_{{{3}}}\)
Appendix: Material matrices and plate constitutive relations for z-cut \(\hbox {LiNbO}_{{{3}}}\)
The material constants of \(\hbox {LiNbO}_{{3}}\) and \(\hbox {LiTaO}_{{3}}\) can be described by the following matrices [21]:
For both materials, \(c_{{14}}\) is much smaller than the other elastic constants. Therefore, in the following we make the approximation that \(c_{14} \cong 0\). Then, the plate’s effective material constants in (17) and (22) take the following form:
The corresponding plate constitutive relations are
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Huang, D., Yang, J. A second-order theory for lithium niobate piezoelectric plates with a ferroelectric inversion layer in coupled extensional, thickness-stretch and symmetric thickness-shear motions. Acta Mech 231, 5239–5250 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-020-02794-5
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