An efficient C 0 continuous two-dimensional finite-element model has been presented in this paper for the control of laminated composite and sandwich plates embedded/surface-bonded with piezoelectric layers and subjected to mechanical loading as well as electric potential. The problem of modeling of smart laminates involves the coupling between mechanical and electrical fields. The structural component is modeled by an efficient equivalent single-layer plate theory, which ensures interlaminar shear-stress continuity and zero transverse shear-stress conditions at the top and bottom of the plate surfaces. Moreover, this theory contains unknowns defined at the reference plane (i.e., midplane) only. The electric field is modeled using layerwise theory, which contains the unknowns at each layer interfaces. The proposed combine model, which may be called a refined hybrid plate model, is implemented to analyze the coupled problem of piezoelectricity in laminated composites and sandwich plates.


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    Title :

    Static and Dynamic Control of Smart Composite Laminates



    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 52 , 9 ; 1896-1914


    Publication date :

    2014-09-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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