1389. Optimal design of piezoelectric vibration devices with constrained variable algorithm and FEA

Optimal design of piezoelectric vibration devices used in medical fields is a typical inequality constrained optimization problem. Constrained variable method, as the best algorithm to solve nonlinear constraint optimization problem is used in the optimal design of the piezoelectric devices. The object functions and constrain functions are automatically calculated with Finite Element Analysis software ANSYS, and the results will return to the main optimization program. Results show that compared with the given initial parameters, the vibration amplitude of the optimum piezoelectric vibration device is dramatically increased under the constraint that the stress concentration of the cutting tool is within limit. Experiments are also performed to measure the vibration amplitude. Results are in great agreement with the theoretical one.