Mutliphysics Modeling of Thin Layer Magnetoelectric Laminate Composites Using Shell Element

摘要

This paper proposes to use the shell element to model the thin magnetostrictive layers in finite element multiphysics modeling of magnetoelectric laminate composites. The multiphysics model includes the non-linearity of the thin layer magnetostrictive material and the electrical load effects of the ME device. The simulation results of a ME trilayer composite Metglas/PMN-PT/Metglas show the efficiency of the proposed method. This study provides the basis to study the ME devices composed of laminated thin layers.