Semi analytical solutions for static analysis of piezoelectric laminates
Abstract Displacement and stress analysis of an all round simply supported piezoelectric laminate has been carried out with a new model. Formulation part has been developed using elasticity approach and the methodology is free from any a priory assumption in thickness direction. The mathematical model is a set of mixed first ordered ordinary differential equations (ODEs) Solution is obtained using numerical integration in through thickness direction. Accuracy of the proposed model is assessed by comparing numerical results for single layer piezoelectric plate as well as for multi layered laminates with exact solutions available in literature and are found to be in good agreement with the same. Additional investigation has been performed to establish a few future references.