Plates and shells for smart structures : classical and advanced theories for modeling and analysis /

• Main Author: Carrera, Erasmo
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brischetto, Salvatore, Nali, Pietro
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, 2011.
• Subjects: Shells (Engineering); Plates (Engineering); Smart structures.; SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.; Electronic books.

"Plates and Shells for Smart Structures firstly gives an overview of classical plate and shell theories for piezoelectric elasticity, demonstrating their limitations in static and dynamic analysis with a number of example problems. The authors then go on to explain how these limitations can be...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Introduction
• Basics of Piezoelectricity and Related Principles
• Classical Plate/Shell Theories
• Finite Element Applications
• Numerical Evaluation of Classical Theories and their Limitations
• Refined and Advanced Theories for Plates
• Refined and Advanced Theories for Shells
• Refined and Advanced Finite Elements for Plates
• Numerical Evaluation and Assessment of Classical and Advanced Theories Using MUL2 Software
• Index.