Plates and Shells for Smart Structures - Carrera, Erasmo (Politecnico di Torino) a Brischetto, Salvatore (Politecnico di Torino) a Nali, Pietro (Politecnico di Torino)

Smart structures that contain embedded piezoelectric patches are loaded by both mechanical and electrical fields. Traditional plate and shell theories were developed to analyze structures subject to mechanical loads. However, these often fail when tasked with the evaluation of both electrical and mechanical fields and loads.