Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2011
Exact electroelastic analysis of hollow and solid circular cylinders subjected to a uniform temperature change and electromechanical loads that do not vary axially are presented. Generalized plane strain and torsion of a piezoelectric cylindrical body is formulated in a state space framework. Uniformly valid exact solutions are obtained for hollow and solid circular cylinders subjected to extension, torsion, pressuring, shearing, electric loadings and a uniform temperature change.