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Non‐linear analysis of the thermo‐electro‐mechanical behaviour of shear deformable FGM plates with piezoelectric actuators
Author(s) -
Yang J.,
Kitipornchai S.,
Liew K. M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/nme.932
Subject(s) - materials science , boundary value problem , galerkin method , plate theory , mathematical analysis , mechanics , mathematics , geometry , finite element method , physics , thermodynamics
This paper investigates the non‐linear bending behaviour of functionally graded plates that are bonded with piezoelectric actuator layers and subjected to transverse loads and a temperature gradient based on Reddy's higher‐order shear deformation plate theory.The von Karman‐type geometric non‐linearity, piezoelectric and thermal effects are included in mathematical formulations. The temperature change is due to a steady‐state heat conduction through the plate thickness. The material properties are assumed to be graded in the thickness direction according to a power‐law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents. The plate is clamped at opposite edges, while the remaining edges can be free, simply supported or clamped. Differential quadrature approximation in the X‐axis is employed to convert the partial differential governing equations and the associated boundary conditions into a set of ordinary differential equations. By choosing the appropriate functions as the displacement and stress functions on each nodal line and then applying the Galerkin procedure, a system of non‐linear algebraic equations is obtained, from which the non‐linear bending response of the plate is determined through a Picard iteration scheme. Numerical results for zirconia/aluminium rectangular plates are given in dimensionless graphical form. The effects of the applied actuator voltage, the volume fraction exponent, the temperature gradient, as well as the characteristics of the boundary conditions are also studied in detail. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.