Optimal Location of Piezoelectric Patch on Composite Structure using Viewing Method

A useful material which is manufactured by mixing of two or three different materials in homogeneous level is termed as composite material. In now day's composite materials are used in wide area such as aerospace, automobiles, satellite, bullet proof jackets, rotor blades etc. In this paper modal analysis of composite material, mixture of polyester as matrix and glass as fiber, is carried out by using ABAQUS software. The modal analysis of composite material for fiber orientation 45⁰ is carried out. In this paper by viewing the different mode shapes of the composite material, the optimal location of piezoelectric patch is carried out.