Title Dynamic analysis of a laminated cylindrical shell with piezoelectric layer and clamped boundary condition Type of Research Article Keywords elasticity solution, piezoelectric, clamped B.C., laminated composite shell, dynamic load, sensor, actuator Abstract Dynamic elasticitysolutionforaclamped,laminatedcylindricalshellwithtwoorthotropiclayers bounded withapiezoelectriclayerandsubjectedtoexponentialdynamicloaddistributedoninner surface ispresented.Thepiezoelectriclayerservesassensor/actuator.Thegoverningelasticitypartial differential equationsarereducedtoordinarydifferentialequationsbymeansofLegendrepolynomial expansionfordisplacementandelectricpotentialinaxialdirection.Theresultingequationsarereduced to asystemofODEwithconstantcoefficients bymeansofGalerkin'sintegralmethodand finally the governingequationsaresolvedbyusinglinear finite elementinradialdirection.Thestaticanddynamic results arepresentedfor[0/90/Piezo]lamination.Theratioeffectoftheradiustothicknessondynamic behaviourisstudied.Theresultsarecomparedfordifferentthicknessratiosandappliedelectricloads with simply-supportedshellresults.Timeresponsesforsensorandactuatedshellarepresented Researchers MohammadReza Saviz (First Researcher)