Three-dimensional solutions for free vibrations of initially-stressed thermoelectroelastic multilayered plates (Q1371759)

Analytic three-dimensional solutions are presented for free vibration frequencies of initially stressed hybrid multilayered composite plates. The plates consist of a combination of fiber-reinforced cross-ply and piezothermoeleastic layers. The initial stresses are generated by either a temperature change and/or an electric field. A mixed formulation is used with the fundamental unknowns consisting of three increments of the transverse stress components and three displacement components. Each of the fundamental unknowns is expressed in terms of a double Fourier series in the Cartesian surface coordiantes. A state space approach is used to generate the vibrational response and to evaluate the sensitivity coefficients. Approximate and closed-form expressions are developed relating the vibration frequency for the initially-stressed plate to the corresponding frequency of the unstressed plate. A nonlinear eigen-derivative theory is applied to obtain the sensitivity coefficients of the vibration frequency of the plate. Approximate expressions for the sensitivity coefficients are also derived.