Mixed piezoelectric plate elements with direct evaluation of transverse electric displacement

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-424

  Carrera, E ^a   Nali, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Multifield problems; Multilayered plates; Refined models; Smart structures

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENTS; MULTIFIELD PROBLEMS; MULTILAYERED PLATES; REFINED MODELS; SMART STRUCTURES;

CONCRETE BRIDGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; REFINING; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 70349440805     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2641     Document Type: Article

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