Deformations of Piezothermoelastic Laminates with Internal Electrodes

• Published in: Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 347 - 359
• Main Authors: Reddy, J.N., Cheng, Z.-Q.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin WILEY-VCH Verlag Berlin GmbH 01.05.2001; WILEY‐VCH Verlag Berlin GmbH; Wiley-VCH
• Subjects: asymptotic; Classical and quantum physics: mechanics and fields; Classical mechanics of continuous media: general mathematical aspects; Elasticity, plasticity: general mathematical aspects; Exact sciences and technology; laminate; multilayer actuator; Physics; piezothermoelastic; three-dimensional; Actuators; Three dimensional model; Deformation; Multilayer; Asymptotic behavior; Thermoelasticity; Asymptotic method; Piezothermoelasticity; Laminates; Convergence
• ISSN: 0044-2267; 1521-4001
• DOI: 10.1002/1521-4001(200105)81:5<347::AID-ZAMM347>3.0.CO;2-5

Deformations of multi‐electroded laminates under thermoelectromechanical loads are studied. An asymptotic formulation is derived to reduce the three‐dimensional problem to a hierarchy of two‐dimensional equations and is examined by comparing the present results with an exact solution. New results are given by using the asymptotic scheme for ceramic multilayer actuators with interdigital electrodes.