Bending of multiferroic laminated rectangular plates with imperfect interlaminar bonding

The bending problem of a multiferroic rectangular plate with magnetoelectric coupling and imperfect interfaces is investigated via three-dimensional exact theory. A generalized spring layer model is proposed to characterize the imperfection of the bonding behavior at interfaces. In particular, the linear relation between the electric displacement and the jump of electric potential, the corresponding one for the magnetic field as well as linear relations among different physical fields are adopted. State space formulations are established, which, compared to the analysis for perfect laminates, only introduces a so-called interfacial transfer matrix. The present analysis can be readily used for the piezoelectric, piezomagnetic and elastic laminates by setting the proper material constants as zero. Numerical results are presented and discussed.