We study the propagation of Lamb waves in soft dielectric plates subject to mechanical and electrical loadings. We find explicit expressions for the dispersion equations in the cases of neo-Hookean and Gent dielectrics. We elucidate the effects of the electric field, of the thickness-to-wavelength ratio, of pre-stress and of strain-stiffening on the wave characteristics.
@article{arxiv.2003.11429,
title = {Electro-elastic Lamb waves in dielectric plates},
author = {Hannah Conroy Broderick and Luis Dorfmann and Michel Destrade},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.11429},
year = {2020}
}