Axisymmetric Thermal Stresses of a Piezoelectric Poroelastic Circular Solid Plate

Abstract

This paper presents the steady-state thermoelasticity solution for a circular solid plate is made of an undrained porous piezoelectric hexagonal material symmetry of class 6 mm. The porosities of the plate vary through the thickness; thus, material properties, except poisson's ratio, are assumed as exponential functions of axial variable z in cylindrical coordinates. Having axi-symmetric general form, external thermal and electrical loads are acted on the plate and the piezothermoelastic behavior of the plate is investigated. Using full analytical method based on Bessel Fourier's series and separation of variables, the governing partial differential equations are derived. A formulation is given for the displacements, electric potential, thermal stresses and electric displacements resulting from prescribed the general form of thermal, mechanical and electric boundary conditions. Finally, the application of the derived formulas is illustrated by an example for a cadmium selenide solid, the results of which are presented graphically. Also the effects of material property indexes, the porosity and Skempton coefficients are discussed on the displacements, thermal stresses, electrical potential function and electric displacements.