Progress in the analysis of non-axisymmetric wave propagation in a homogeneous solid circular cylinder of a piezoelectric transversely isotropic material

Non-axisymmetric waves in a free homogeneous piezoelectric cylinder of transversely isotropic material with axial polarization are investigated on the basis of the linear theory of elasticity and linear electromechanical coupling. The solution of the three dimensional equations of motion and quasi-electrostatic equation is given in terms of seven mechanical and three electric potentials. The characteristic equations are obtained through the application of the mechanical and two types of electric boundary conditions at the surface of the cylinder. A convenient method of calculating dispersion curves and phase velocities is discussed, and resulting curves are presented for propagating and evanescent waves for the piezoelectric ceramic material PZT-4 for non-axisymmetric modes of circumferential wave number m=1. It is observed that the dispersion curves are sensitive to the type of the imposed boundary conditions as well as to the strength of the electromechanical coupling.