ABSTRACT

Recent advances in the manufacturing of multifunctional materials have provided opportunities to develop structures that possess superior mechanical properties along with other concurrent capabilities, such as sensing, self-healing, and electromagnetic and heat functionality. The idea is to fabricate components that can integrate multiple capabilities in

CONTENTS

1.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................3 1.2 Formulation of Governing Equations for Anisotropic Solids with

Electromagnetic Effects.................................................................................4 1.2.1 Governing Mechanical Equations for the Laminated Plate ........6 1.2.2 Governing Electromagnetic Equations for the Laminated

Plate .................................................................................................... 16 1.2.3 Coupled System of Governing Equations for the

Laminated Plate ............................................................................... 20 1.3 Numerical Solution Procedure ..................................................................25