Research Article

A Unified Analysis for the Free Vibration of the Sandwich Piezoelectric Laminated Beam with General Boundary Conditions under the Thermal Environment

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Variations of the frequency parameter Ω versus the thickness ratio (hm/hc), number of layers, and temperature rise for an N-layer piezoelectric laminated beam (PZT-5A/material-D/Al/…/PZT-5A).
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