• Title Page (1)
• Graduate Committee Approval (2)
• Author's declaration (3)
• Abstract (4)
• Acknowledgments (5)
• Table of Contents (6)
• List of Figures (8)
• List of tables (10)
• 1 Introduction and literature survey (11)
  • 1.1 Smart laminated morphing composite (11)
    • 1.1.1 Introduction (11)
    • 1.1.2 Literature (13)
    • 1.1.3 Theoretical works (13)
    • 1.1.4 Experimental observations (16)
    • 1.1.5 Ongoing projects (17)
  • 1.2 The failure of laminated morphing composite (18)
• 2 Layerwise analysis of laminated composite plate (20)
  • 2.1 Introduction (20)
  • 2.2 Finite element modeling of a multi-mode composite (21)
    • 2.2.1 Strain fields (22)
  • 2.3 Equations of motion (22)
  • 2.4 Finite element formulation (26)
    • 2.4.1 Buckling analysis of plate under axial load (34)
  • 2.5 Numerical examples (34)
    • 2.5.1 Example 1 (34)
    • 2.5.2 Example 2 (39)
    • 2.5.3 Summary (40)
• 3 Shape control of smart morphing composite plates (43)
  • 3.1 Introduction (43)
  • 3.2 Finite element formulation (43)
    • 3.2.1 Actuator (44)
    • 3.2.2 Sensors (45)
  • 3.3 Numerical example (46)
  • 3.4 On/Off controller of airfoil (47)
  • 3.5 Summary (48)
• 4 Failure control of unsymmetric laminated smart morphing composites (51)
  • 4.1 Introduction (51)
  • 4.2 Strain fields (52)
  • 4.3 Stress fields (52)
  • 4.4 Numerical example (57)
  • 4.5 Results (59)
  • 4.6 Summary (65)
• 5 Conclusions and future works (69)
  • 5.1 Work Done (69)
  • 5.2 Conclusion (70)
  • 5.3 Future works (71)
• References (72)
• Index (76)