Exact solution of angle-ply piezoelectric laminates in cylindrical bending with interfacial imperfections

State-space approach is employed to investigate the bending and free vibration of simply supported angle-ply piezoelectric laminates in cylindrical bending. The bond between any two adjacent layers is assumed either perfect or imperfect, which is uniformly described by a general spring-layer model. The analysis is completely based on the exact piezoelasticity equations, and hence the presented numerical results can serve as benchmarks for future investigations. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.