Abstract
The delamination growth may occur in delaminated piezoelectric shell subjected to external load and it will further cause structural failure. Based on the variational principle of moving boundary and considering the contact effect between delamination regions, in this paper, the nonlinear governing equations for the delaminated piezoelectric shell under electro-thermo-mechanical loadings are derived, and the corresponding boundary and matching conditions are given. At the same time, according to the Griffith criterion, the formulas of energy release rate along the delamination front are obtained and the delamination growth is studied. In the numerical calculation, the energy release rate and delamination growth of axisymmetrical piezoelectric cylindrical shell are analyzed, and the effects of voltage, temperature and humidity, mechanical load, delamination length and depth on delamination growth are discussed.
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