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Publications on Smart Structures/ Piezoelectricity

  1. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, Free Vibrations of a Piezoelectric Body, J. Elasticity, 34, 239-254, 1994.
  2. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, A Theory of Electroded Thin Thermopiezoelectric Plates Subject to Large Driving Voltages, J. Appl. Physics, 76, 5411-5417, 1994.
  3. J. S. Yang, R. C. Batra and X. Q. Liang, The Cylindrical Bending Vibrations of a Laminated Elastic Plate due to Piezoelectric Actuators, Smart Materials and Structures,3, 485-493, 1994.
  4. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, A Second-Order Theory of Piezoelectric Materials, J. Acoustic Soc. America, 97, 280-288, 1995.
  5. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, Thickness Shear Vibrations of a Circular Cylindrical Piezoelectric Shell, J. Acoustic Soc. America, 97, 309-312, 1995.
  6. R. C. Batra and J. S. Yang, Second Order Constitutive Relations for Transversely Isotropic Porous Piezoelectric Materials, J. Acoustical Soc. America, 97, 2595-2598, 1995.
  7. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, Free Vibrations of a Linear Thermopiezoelectric Body, J. Thermal Stresses, 18, 247-262, 1995.
  8. R. C. Batra and J. S. Yang, Saint-Venant’s Principle in Linear Piezoelectricity, J. Elasticity, 38, 209-218, 1995.
  9. K. Ghosh and R. C. Batra, Shape Control of Plates Using Piezoceramic Elements, AIAA J., 33, 1354-1357, 1995.
  10. R. C. Batra and K. Ghosh, Deflection Control During Dynamic Deformations of a Rectangular Plate Using Piezoceramic Elements, AIAA J., 33, 1547-1548, 1995.
  11. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, Conservation Laws in Linear Piezoelectricity, Eng’g Fracture Mechs., 51, 1041-1047, 1995.
  12. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, Mixed Variational Principles in Nonlinear Piezoelectricity, Int. J. Nonlinear Mechs., 30, 719-726, 1995.
  13. R. C. Batra, X. Q. Liang and J. S. Yang, Shape Control of Vibrating Simply Supported Plates, AIAA J., 34, 116-122, 1996.
  14. R. C. Batra, X. Q. Liang and J. S. Yang, The Vibration of a Simply Supported Rectangular Elastic Plate due to Piezoelectric Actuators, Int. J. Solids and Structures, 33, 1597-1618, 1996.
  15. Yu-Ning Huang and R. C. Batra, Energy-Momentum Tensor in Nonsimple Dielectrics, J. Elasticity, 42, 275-281, 1996.
  16. Yu-Ning Huang and R. c. Batra, A Theory of Thermoviscoelastic Dielectrics, J. Thermal Stresses, 19, 419-430, 1996.
  17. R. C. Batra and X. Zhong, Saint-Venant’s Principle for a Helical Piezoelectric Body, J. Elasticity, 43, 69-79, 1996.
  18. R. C. Batra and X. Q. Liang, The Vibration of a Rectangular Laminated Elastic Plate with Embedded Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators, Computers and Structures, 63, 203-216, 1997.
  19. X. Q. Liang and R. C. Batra, Changes in Frequencies of a Laminated Plate Caused by Embedded Piezoelectric Layers, AIAA J., 35, 1672-1673, 1997.
  20. R. C. Batra and X. Q. Liang, Finite Dynamic Deformations of Smart Structures, Comp. Mechs., 20, 427-438, 1997.
  21. R. C. Batra, F. dell’Isola and S. Vidoli, A Second-Order Solution of Saint-Venant’s Problem for a Piezoelectric Circular Bar Using Signorini’s Perturbation Method, J. Elasticity, 52, 75-90, 1998.
  22. S. Vidoli, R. C. Batra and F. dell’Isola, Saint-Venant’s Problem for a Second-Order Piezoelectric Prismatic Body, Int. J. Engng. Sci., 38, 21-45, 1999.
  23. Z. Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Three-Dimensional Asymptotic Scheme for Piezothermoelastic Laminates, J. Thermal Stresses, 23, 95-110, 2000.
  24. Z. Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Generalized Plane Solution for Monoclinic Piezoelectric Laminates, AIAA J., 38, 335-341, 2000.
  25. Z. Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Three-Dimensional Asymptotic Analysis of Multiple-Electroded Piezoelectric Laminates, AIAA J., 38, 317-324, 2000.
  26. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Cylindrical Bending of Laminated Plates with Distributed and Segmented Piezoelectric Actuator/Sensors, AIAA J., 38, 857-867, 2000.
  27. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Three-dimensional Analytical Solutions for Hybrid Multilayered Piezoelectric Plates, J. Appl. Mechs., 67, 558-567, 2000.
  28. S. Vidoli and R. C. Batra, Derivation of Plate and Rod Equations for a Piezoelectric Body from a Mixed Three-Dimensional Variational Principle, J. Elasticity, 59, 23-50, 2000.
  29. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Analysis of Piezoelectric Bimorphs and Plates with Segmented Actuators, Thin-Walled Structures, 39(1), 23-44, 2001.
  30. S. Vidoli and R. C. Batra, Coupled Extensional and Torsional Deformations of a Piezoelectric Cylinder, Smart Materials and Structures, 10, 300-304, 2001.
  31. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Exact Solution for the Cylindrical Bending of Laminated Plates with Embedded Shear Actuators, Smart Materials and Structures, 10, 240-251, 2001.
  32. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Exact Solution for Rectangular Sandwich Plates with Embedded Piezoelectric Shear Actuators, AIAA J., 39, 1363-1373, 2001.
  33. R. C. Batra and S. Vidoli, Higher Order Piezoelectric Plate theory Derived from a Three-Dimensional Variational Principle, AIAA J., 40(1), 91-104, 2002.
  34. R. C. Batra and T. S. Geng, Enhancement of the Dynamic Buckling Load for a Plate by Using Piezoceramic Actuators, Smart Materials and Structures, 10, 925-933, 2001.
  35. B. Jiang and R. C. Batra, Micromechanical Modeling of a Composite Containing Piezoelectric and Shape Memory Alloy Inclusions, J. of Intelligent Materials and Systems, 12, 165-182, 2001.
  36. B. Jiang and R. C. Batra, Effective Properties of a Piezocomposite Containing Shape Memory alloy and Inert Inclusions, Continuum Mech. Thermodynamics, 14, 87-111, 2002.
  37. B. Jiang and R. C. Batra, Effective Electroelastic Properties of a Piezocomposite with Viscoelastic and Dielectric Relaxing Matrix, J. Intelligent Materials and Systems,12(12), 847-866, 2001.
  38. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Generalized Plane Strain Thermopiezoelectric Analysis of Multilayered Plates, J. Thermal Stresses, 26, 353-377, 2003.
  39. R. C. Batra and T. S. Geng, Comparison of Active Constrained Layer Damping by using Extension and Shear Mode Actuators, J. Intelligent Materials and Structures,13(6), 349-367, 2002.
  40. S. S. vel, R. Mewer and R. C. Batra, Analytical Solution for the Cylindrical Bending Vibration of Piezoelectric Composite Plates, Int. J. Solid and Structures, 41, 1625-1643, 2004.
  41. R. C. Batra, F. dell’Isola, S. Vidioli, D. Vigilante, Multimode Vibration Suppression with Passive Two-Terminal Distributed Network Incorporating PiezoceramicTransducers, Int. J. of Solids and Structures, 42, 3115-3132, 2005.
  42. J. Jin and R. C. Batra, Effect of Electromechanical Coupling on Static Deformations and Natural Frequencies, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 52:7, 1079-1093, 2005.
  43. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Analysis of Electrostatic MEMS using Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements,30, 949-962, 2006.
  44. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Electromechanical Model of Electrically Actuated Narrow Microbeams, J. MicroElectroMechanical Systems, 15:5, 1175-1189, 2006.
  45. M. C. Ray and R. C. Batra, A Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Reinforced 1-3 Piezoelectric Composite for Active Control of Smart Structures, Smart Materials and Structures, 16, 1936-1947, 2007.
  46. M. C. Ray and R. C. Batra, Vertically Reinforced 1-3 Piezoelectric Composites for Active Damping of Functionally Graded Plates, AIAA J., 45:7, 1779-1783, 2007.
  47. M. C. Ray and R. C. Batra, On the Effective Properties of Carbon Nanotube and Piezoelectric Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Smart Composites, J. of Applied Mechanics(accepted).
  48. M. C. Ray and R. C. Batra, Smart Constrained Layer Damping of functionally Graded Shells Using Vertically/Obliquely Reinforced 1-3 Piezocomposite Under Thermal Environment, Smart Materials and Structures, 17, 055007(13pp), 2008.
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