AN INVERSE THERMOELASTIC PROBLEM IN AN ISOTROPIC PLATE ASSOCIATED WITH A PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC PLATE

This article discusses an inverse thermoelastic problem in an isotropi c structural plate onto which a piezoelectric ceramic plate is perfect ly bonded When unknown heating temperature acts on the free surface of the isotropic structural plate, an electric potential is induced in t he piezoelectric ceramic plate. Therefore, the unknown heating tempera ture is inferred from the prescribed electric potential, and then resp onse quantities in the thermal, elastic, and electric fields are deriv ed tao. Finally numerical results are illustrated graphically.