II. How To Use ATILA

3.1 Bimorph (1)
GEOMETRY/DRAWING MATERIAL ASSIGNMENT


PROBLEM - 3D Rectangular Plate, PZT4 = 40mm x 6mm x 1mm x 2 pieces, Cantilever Support


Composite of two different polarization layers, with cantilever (one-end mechanical clamp) configuration

GEOMETRY/DRAWING

Create Surface Simple structure list

Geometry -> Create -> Object -> Rectangle -> Enter first corner point -> 0,0 -> Enter second corner point -> Enter

Create Volumes Copy mode

Utilities -> Copy -> Surfaces -> Second point z=1.0 -> Do Extrude Surfaces -> Select -> Multiple copies -> 2
After selecting the rectangular (click on the surface line) -> Finish

When you select the surface (click on the Magenta line), the surface color Magneta changes to Red!

Geometry -> Create -> Volume -> Automatic 6-sided volumes -> Two new volumes are created!

When you make the volume, you will find the Cyan color.

MATERIAL ASSIGMENT

Piezoelectric Materials
Data -> Materials -> Piezoelectric -> PZT4 -> Assign -> Pick Volumes
Click Draw -> All materials -> Check the material is assigned as PZT4