F. Dellisola et L. Rosa, ALMANSI-TYPE BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS FOR ELECTRIC-POTENTIAL INDUCING FLEXURE IN LINEAR PIEZOELECTRIC BEAMS, Continuum mechanics and thermodynamics, 9(2), 1997, pp. 115-125
Using the recent results found in [1, 2] we prove that it is possible
to induce flexure in linear piezoelectric beams by means of quadratic
Almansi type boundary conditions for the electric potential. Beams con
stituted by transversely isotropic piezoelectric materials whose symme
try axis is parallel to the axis of the beam are considered. Our choic
e of boundary conditions for the electric potential has been suggested
by the results found in [1, 3]. An explicit expression of material pa
rameters that influence flexure is given in terms of piezoelectric mod
uli.