Layer-wise modelling of magneto-electro-elastic plates

This paper addresses the analysis of multi-layered plates with embedded/surface bonded piezoelectric/magnetostrictive layers using layer-wise mixed finite element method. The Reissner mixed variational theorem (RMVT) for composite/piezoelectric plates has been extended to the static and dynamic analysis of coupled magneto-electro-elastic problems. Transverse stress assumptions are made in the framework of RMVT and the resulting finite element describes a priori interlaminar continuous transverse shear and normal stresses. Numerical examples are solved to validate the present formulation using a code developed in C-language and the results obtained with the present model are in good agreement with the analytical solutions available in literature.