A FINITE ELEMENT FOR ACTIVE COMPOSITE PLATES WITH PIEZOELEC-TRIC LAYERS AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION

The study of smart materials for uses in the aerospace, aeronautics and petroleum industries has increased due to the potential of such materials for several applications such as structure health monitoring, damage identification, vibration control and/or suppression, energy harvesting, along with others. In particular, piezoelectric smart composite laminates – laminates made of fiber reinforced polymers in which some or all of the layers...