DETERMINING LARGE DEFORMATIONS AND STRESSES OF LAYERED AND GRADED STRUCTURES TO INCLUDE EFFECTS OF BODY FORCES

摘要

Techniques for determining large deformation of layered or graded structures to include effects of body forces such as gravity, electrostatic or electromagnetic forces, and other forces that uniformly distribute over the structures, structures, support forces, and concentrated forces. A real-time stress monitoring system is also disclosed to provide in-situ monitoring of a device based on the large deformation analytical approach. A coherent gradient sensing module, for example, may be included in such a system.