A study on the elasticity solution of shell panel with piezoelectric sensors is presented. In this paper, the structure is simply-supported, orthotropic and under pressure excitation on outer surface. Three-dimensional equations of equilibrium, which are coupled partial differential equations, are reduced to ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients by means of Fourier series expansion in circumferential and axial directions. The resulting ordinary differential equations are solved by Galerkin finite element method. Numerical results are presented for [0/90/P] lamination.
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