M Eskandari - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kashan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kashan, Iran
M Nasihatgozar - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kashan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kashan, Iran
V Daghigh - Young Researchers and Elite Club, Jasb Branch, Islamic Azad University, Delijan, Iran

This article presents the effect of thickness of the panel on buckling load of piezoelectriccylindrical composite panels reinforced with carbon nano-tubes subjected to axial load isinvestigated. Classical laminated plate theory (CLPT) is employed to reach stress anddisplacement correlations embracing mechanical and magnetic terms. Stress-strainequations for piezoelectric cylindrical panels reinforced with carbon nanotubes are thenwritten by using Mori-Tanaka method. The results suggest that changing the panelthickness changes the buckling load however the changes are completely nonlinear. Inorder to verify the solution approach, motivated by a recent research work published byInterna

Thickness of the panel, buckling load, nanocomposite, piezoelectric cylindrical shell, Mori–Tanaka model