Abstract

A frequency analysis of smart composite plate with delamination at ply interface was investigated in this article. The modeling was based on an electro-mechanical coupled improved layerwise theory, with implementing finite element method. Four-node plate elements with Lagrange and Hermite cubic interpolation functions were used for in-plane structural unknowns, electric unknowns, and out-of-plane structural unknowns. The general modal reduction method was applied to solve the second-order differential equation. Numerical results showed significant shift of natural frequencies in the frequency response of tip displacement and three sensor outputs due to the presence of delamination. It is found that the delamination locations also influence the natural frequencies of smart composite structure. Thus, the proposed methodology could be a useful tool to develop system identification and structural health monitoring techniques of smart composite structure.

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