Abstract
Three-dimensional electroelastic formulation is developed to study the response of functionally graded rectangular piezoelectric structures/plates. The electroelastric properties are assumed to vary linearly and nonlinearly in the thickness direction, and exact expressions for all relevant electroelastic variables are obtained through a state vector methodology. Numerical examples are presented and discussed for simply-supported bi-layer actuators with functionally graded piezoelectric layers under surface and/or internal electric potential loads. The results presented in this paper are important in the design and characterization of functionally graded piezoelectric materials in applications as microelectromechanical systems.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 628-641 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik |
Volume | 86 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2006 Aug 1 |
Keywords
- Bending
- Elasticity
- Functionally graded piezoelectric materials
- Sate vector method
- Smart structures
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computational Mechanics
- Applied Mathematics