This study is aimed at incorporating the zig-zag effect by Murakami zig-zag function in the development of a finite element model for active constraining layer damping treatment of functionally graded sandwich plates. The present sandwich construction consists of functionally graded facings distanced by a ceramic core. The substrate functionally graded plate is subjected to active constraining layer damping treatment, which in itself is a two-layered material system comprised of a viscoelastic layer and a 1–3 piezoelectric composite layer. The deformation kinematics of the functionally graded sandwich plate active constraining layer damping system is shaped using Murakami zig-zag function , and the finite element model is obtained by the virtual work principle. A standard feedback control system has been implemented, and a MATLAB subroutine has been developed to present the open- and closed-loop responses. Substrate plates with functionally graded configurations 1-1-1, 1-2-1, and 2-1-2 are considered to evaluate the effect of active constraining layer damping on damping the frequency responses of these plates. Investigation on damping performance has been carried out, bearing in mind the change in power-law index with top and bottom ceramic-/metal-rich surfaces. Also, the effect of variation in fiber orientation angle (obliquely reinforced) of the piezoelectric composite material on the active constraining layer damping performance has been examined thoroughly.
A New Partial Finite Element Model for Statics of Sandwich Plates
