Plates and Shells for Smart Structures (ePub)

Smart structures that contain embedded piezoelectric patches are
loaded by both mechanical and electrical fields. Traditional plate
and shell theories were developed to analyze structures subject to
mechanical loads. However, these often fail when tasked with the
evaluation of both electrical and mechanical fields and loads. In
recent years more advanced models have been developed that overcome
these limitations.

Plates and Shells for Smart Structures offers a complete
guide and reference to smart structures under both mechanical and
electrical loads, starting with the basic principles and working
right up to the most advanced models. It provides an overview of
classical plate and shell theories for piezoelectric elasticity and
demonstrates their limitations in static and dynamic analysis with
a number of example problems. This book also provides both
analytical and finite element solutions, thus enabling the reader
to compare strong and weak solutions to the problems.

Key features:

* compares a large variety of classical and modern approaches to
plates and shells, such as Kirchhoff-Love , Reissner-Mindlin
assumptions and higher order, layer-wise and mixed
theories

* introduces theories able to consider electromechanical
couplings as well as those that provide appropriate interface
continuity conditions for both electrical and mechanical
variables

* considers both static and dynamic analysis

* accompanied by a companion website hosting dedicated software
MUL2 that is used to obtain the numerical solutions in the book,
allowing the reader to reproduce the examples given as well as
solve problems of their own

The models currently used have a wide range of applications in
civil, automotive, marine and aerospace engineering. Researchers of
smart structures, and structural analysts in industry, will find
all they need to know in this concise reference. Graduate and
postgraduate students of mechanical, civil and aerospace
engineering can also use this book in their studies.

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