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Geometrically nonlinear composite shells with integrated piezoelectric layers

  1. Sven Lentzen†,
  2. Rüdiger Schmidt‡

Article first published online: 5 NOV 2004

DOI: 10.1002/pamm.200410016

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Volume 4, Issue 1, pages 63–66, December 2004

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Lentzen, S. and Schmidt, R. (2004), Geometrically nonlinear composite shells with integrated piezoelectric layers. Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 4: 63–66. doi: 10.1002/pamm.200410016

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  1. Institute of General Mechanics, Technical University Aachen, Germany

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    Phone: 0049-241-8094600

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  1. Issue published online: 5 NOV 2004
  2. Article first published online: 5 NOV 2004

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Abstract

In order to show the significance of considering nonlinear deformations in piezoelectrical structures, a geometrical nonlinear shell element with integrated piezoelectric layers is introduced. The strain-displacement relations are implemented using firstorder shear deformation theory with small strains but moderate rotations. The element has been tested on several benchmark problems and it can be concluded that the effect of geometrical nonlinearity is significant when the sensor properties of the piezoelectrical layers are predicted. (© 2004 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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