Forced thickness vibrations of a thermopiezoelectric layer of monoclinic symmetry

In the present paper, the generalized dynamical theory of thermoelasticity is employed to study the thickness vibrations of a thermopiezoelectric layer of monoclinic symmetry. The vibrations in the layer are generated owing to the application of an alternating potential and temperature difference to the faces of the layer which are assumed to be coated with infinitesimally thin electrodes. Variations of the piezoelectric potential, particle displacement and temperature with the distance along the thickness direction have been determined.I am grateful to Dr. A. K. Pal of Jadavpur University for his kind help in the preparation of this paper. I am also thankful to the referee for his valuable comments in improving the paper.