CYLINDRICAL BENDING OF HYBRID LAMINATES UNDER THERMO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL LOADING

Exact analytical solutions are given for stationary two-dimensional te mperature, stress and displacement distributions in hybrid laminates c ontaining isotropic and/or orthotropic layers. The similarity that exi sts between the thermoelastic and piezoelastic formulations is exploit ed in establishing solutions for cylindrical bending of piezothermoela stic laminates exposed to combined thermo-electro-mechanical loads. Re sults are compared with those based upon classical and high-order bend ing theories.