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This paper investigates the thermo-electro-mechanical effects in the nonlinear response of piezoelectric laminated plates exposed to thermal and/or mechanical fields. The mechanics incorporate a) the direct piezoelectric effect through the coupling between electric-mechanical fields, b) the pyroelectric effect through the coupling between electric-thermal fields, and c) the geometric nonlinear effects due to large rotations and initial stresses. Building upon the nonlinear multifield mechanics an eight-node plate finite element is developed to discretize the generalized coupled nonlinear equations, which are subsequently linearized and iteratively solved, using the Newton-Raphson technique. Numerical evaluations demonstrate the capability of the present model to capture both of direct piezoelectric and pyroelectric effects in the nonlinear electromechanical response of piezoelectric composite plates, exposed to thermal and/or mechanical fields. The influence of direct piezoelectric and pyroelectric effects on thermal buckling and postbuckling response of various piezocomposite plates, is investigated. The possibility of pyroelectric effect to promote thermal buckling of piezocomposite plates with attached sensor patches is also quantified. The influence of thermo-electro-mechanical effects on the nonlinear response of smart composite plates, subject to either uniform or gradient temperature variations is finally illustrated.

journal of thermal stresses

A coupled nonlinear plate finite element for thermal buckling and postbuckling of piezoelectric composite plates including thermo-electro-mechanical effects