In the last few years the research activity in multifunctional composite materials and
structures (MFCMS) is remarkably increased. This paper is a review of journal publications …

In the present work, a novel explicit analytical solution is proposed for obtaining twisting
deformation and optimal shape control of smart laminated cantilever composite …

This research presents a generalized-energy-based finite element modeling of smart
composite plates with distributed piezoelectric materials for the static and vibration …

Recently, the free element method (FREM), a novel strong-form method, is successfully used
to solve thermal and mechanical problems. However, similar to some other strong-form …

In the present work, the chaotic wave motions and the chaotic dynamic responses are
investigated for a four-edge simply supported piezoelectric composite laminated rectangular …

This paper provides a semi-analytical approach to investigate the variations of 3D
displacement components, electric potential, stresses, electric displacements and transverse …

This paper presents a new modeling and analysis approach for the bending characteristics
of hybrid thermo-piezoelectric micro actuators by considering the effect of thermo …

Purpose This paper is focused on vibration and acoustic analysis of functionally graded
porous piezoelectric (FGPP) annular plate backed by cavity, which may be often …

A semi-analytical model is proposed for the stress and displacement analysis of all-round
simply supported functionally graded (FG) piezoelectric laminated plates in this paper …

The 3-D static piezoelectric equations with four unknowns are fundamental in studying
physical behavior of piezoelectric materials. It is very challenging to numerically solve the …