... is not accurate due to internal loss. 22 06 2009 28 07 2010 21 09 2010 01 02 2011 01 02 2011 composite materials energy harvesting fluctuations piezoelectric materials shape memory effects stress-strain relations piezoelectrics shape memory alloys composite Eshelby...

... 0 ) D c + ϵ 0 ( α 2 σ ∞ + β 2 D ∞ ) = 0 boundary-value problems Fredholm integral equations penny-shaped cracks piezoelectric materials The term “annular crack” refers to the ideal formation of a flat toroidal crack, which can...

.... 29 01 2008 24 07 2008 13 03 2009 carbon nanotubes elasticity fibre reinforced plastics piezoelectric materials The discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) ( 1 ) has stimulated extensive research devoted to the prediction of their elastic properties through experiments...

... of Two Dissimilar Piezoelectric Materials ,” ASME Trans. J. Appl. Mech. 0021-8936 , 65 , pp. 76 – 84 . Gong , Z. , and Suo , Z. , 1996 , “ Reliability of Ceramic Multilayer Actuators: A Nonlinear Finite Element Simulation ,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids 0022-5096 10.1016/0022-5096(95...

... bending fracture toughness piezoelectric materials capacitance electric domains ferroelectric switching electric breakdown PZT piezoelectric fracture criterion compliance energy release rate Piezoelectric ceramics are commonly used as sensors and actuators in versatile, technical...

... solids. Finally, fundamental results and some conclusions are presented, which could have applications in the failure of piezoelectro/magneto–elastic devices. 16 11 2005 02 06 2006 piezoelectric materials magnetomechanical effects deformation fracture crack-edge stress field...

... loading 19 02 2005 01 06 2005 composite materials piezoelectric materials magnetoelastic effects crack-edge stress field analysis elastic constants permittivity magnetic permeability fracture mechanics magnetoelectric effects One class of contemporary materials...

... problem may be useful for verifying the other approximate and numerical models of the smart functionally graded plates for which exact solutions cannot be derived. 15 03 2005 12 04 2005 functionally graded materials fibre reinforced composites piezoelectric materials Young's modulus...

...Shaofan Li; Albert C. To; Steven D. Glaser The work is concerned with the characterization of a Kirchhoff diffraction field in a piezoelectric material. An exact solution is obtained for the full scattering fields around the tip of a semi-infinite crack, which is electrically conducting...

... piezoelectric material. In both cases, the generalized stiffness matrices in the Eq. ( 8 ) can, respectively, be reduced to:  Using the following generalized elementwise potential energy function: (11) Π e = 1 2   ∫ − 1 + 1 ∫ − 1 + 1 ε − E...

...B. L. Wang; X. H. Zhang This paper considers a mode III crack problem for a functionally graded piezoelectric material strip. The mechanical and electrical properties of the strip are considered for a class of functional forms for which the equilibrium equation has an analytical solution...

...-value problems differential equations elasticity stress analysis lead compounds piezoceramics piezoelectric materials In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in piezoelectricity, motivated by advances in smart structures technology. Classic reference works on the subject...

...Q. Wang, Mem. ASME Shear horizontal (SH) wave propagation in a semi-infinite solid medium surface bonded by a layer of piezoelectric material abutting the vacuum is investigated in this paper. The dispersive characteristics and the mode shapes of the deflection, the electric potential...

...B. L. Wang; Y. W. Mai Considered in this paper is a piezoelectric material strip containing an embedded crack or an edge crack perpendicular to its boundaries. The problem is solved for a strip that is suddenly heated or cooled from the top surface. The bottom surface is assumed to be zero...

... of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-4792, and will be accepted until four months after final publication of the paper itself in the ASME JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS . 01 Mar 2001 26 Nov 2001 03 05 2002 crack-edge stress field analysis piezoelectric materials mechanical contact...

...Z.-G. Zhou; B. Wang; S.-Y. Du Deeg, W. E. F., 1980, The Analysis of Dislocation, Crack and Inclusion Problems in Piezoelectric Solids, Ph.D. thesis, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Pak , Y. E. , 1992 , “ Linear Electro-Elastic Fracture Mechanics of Piezoelectric Materials...

... final publication of the paper itself in the ASME JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS . 09 Nov 1999 09 August 2001 screw dislocations dislocation interactions electromechanical effects crack-edge stress field analysis piezoelectric materials Studies on piezoelectric materials...

... piezoelectric materials piezoceramics electric strength indentation mechanical strength lead compounds barium compounds calcium compounds Weibull distribution Piezoelectric materials have been investigated extensively from the atomic and continuum point of view by many investigators. The early...

...Kang Yong Lee; Won Gyu Lee; Y. Eugene Pak The interaction between a semi-infinite crack and a screw dislocation under antiplane mechanical and in-plane electrical loading in a linear piezoelectric material is studied in the framework of linear elasticity theory. A straight dislocation...