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Functionally graded piezoelectric cantilever beam under load

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In the present paper, the problem of a functionally graded piezoelectric cantilever beam subjected to different loadings is studied. The piezoelectric beam is characterized by continuously graded properties for one elastic parameter and the material density. A pair of stress and induction functions in the form of polynomials is proposed and determined. Based on these functions, a set of analytical solutions for the beam subjected to different loadings is obtained. As particular cases, series of solutions for some canonical problems can be directly obtained from the solutions of the present paper, such as for the problems of a piezoelectric cantilever beam with constant body force or without body forces, etc.

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  1. School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 100044, Beijing, P. R. China

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This research work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50272003). Support was also given by the Teaching and Research Award Fund for Outstanding Young Teachers in Higher Education Institutions of MOE, P.R.C.

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Shi, Z.F., Chen, Y. Functionally graded piezoelectric cantilever beam under load. Arch. Appl. Mech. 74, 237–247 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02637199

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