The authors have developed a two-dimensional model for the extension and flexure response ofelectroelastic plates under biasing fields in a curvilinear coordinate system.Applications of the model in ana-lyzing buckling of two circular piezoelectric plates,one single-layered and the other double-layered,are in-cluded.The analysis indicates that the piezoelectric couphng has a strengthening effect against buckling.
The authors have developed a two-dimensional model for the extension and flexure response of electroelastic plates under biasing fields in a curvilinear coordinate system. Applications of the model in analyzing buckling of two circular piezoelectric plates, one single-layered and the other double-layered, are included. The analysis indicates that the piezoelectric coupling has a strengthening effect against buckling.