Control of transient thermoelastic displacement of a two-layered composite plate constructed of isotropic elastic and piezoelectric layers due to nonuniform heating

Abstract

In this study, the theoretical analysis of the control of transient thermoelastic displacement is developed for a two-layered composite rectangular plate constructed of an isotropic elastic and a piezoelectric layer due to nonuniform heat supply. The transient three-dimensional temperature in a two-layered composite rectangular plate is analyzed by the methods of Laplace and finite cosine transformations. Exact solutions for isotropic elastic and piezoelectric plates of crystal class mm2 are used in the theoretical analysis. A three-dimensional transient piezothermoelastic solution is developed for a simple-supported combined plate. The analysis yields an appropriate electric potential which when applied to the piezoelectric plate, suppresses the induced thermoelastic displacement in the thickness direction at the midpoint on the free surface of the isotropic plate. As an example, numerical calculations are carried out for an isotropic rectangular plate made of steel, bonded to a piezoelectric plate of cadmium selenide. Some numerical results are shown for temperature change, displacement and stress in transient state, when the transient thermoelastic displacement are controlled.