• Title Page
• Graduate Committee Approval
• Author's declaration
• Abstract
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of tables
• 1 Introduction and literature survey
  • 1.1 Smart laminated morphing composite
    • 1.1.1 Introduction
    • 1.1.2 Literature
    • 1.1.3 Theoretical works
    • 1.1.4 Experimental observations
    • 1.1.5 Ongoing projects
  • 1.2 The failure of laminated morphing composite
• 2 Layerwise analysis of laminated composite plate
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Finite element modeling of a multi-mode composite
    • 2.2.1 Strain fields
  • 2.3 Equations of motion
  • 2.4 Finite element formulation
    • 2.4.1 Buckling analysis of plate under axial load
  • 2.5 Numerical examples
    • 2.5.1 Example 1
    • 2.5.2 Example 2
    • 2.5.3 Summary
• 3 Shape control of smart morphing composite plates
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Finite element formulation
    • 3.2.1 Actuator
    • 3.2.2 Sensors
  • 3.3 Numerical example
  • 3.4 On/Off controller of airfoil
  • 3.5 Summary
• 4 Failure control of unsymmetric laminated smart morphing composites
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Strain fields
  • 4.3 Stress fields
  • 4.4 Numerical example
  • 4.5 Results
  • 4.6 Summary
• 5 Conclusions and future works
  • 5.1 Work Done
  • 5.2 Conclusion
  • 5.3 Future works
• References
• Index

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