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Electroelastic intensification near anti-plane shear crack in orthotropic piezoelectric ceramic strip
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In this article, the theory of linear piezoelectricity is applied to solve the antiplane electroelastic problem of an orthotropic PEG ceramic strip with a finite crack, which is situated symmetrically and oriented in a direction normal to the edges of the strip.About:
This article is published in Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics.The article was published on 1996-04-01. It has received 89 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fredholm integral equation & Stress intensity factor.read more
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Fracture of piezoelectric ceramics
TL;DR: In this article, the fracture behavior of piezoelectric ceramics under combined electrical and mechanical loading has been among the most prevalent research topics, and four types of nonlinear approaches considered are: electrostriction, domain switching, domain wall kinetics, and polarization saturation at a crack tip.
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Crack tip energy release rate for a piezoelectric compact tension specimen
TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical fracture model for brittle piezoelectric materials is presented, and the influence of the crack opening displacement on the electric field adjacent to the crack is considered.
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Electroelastic analysis of a piezoelectric ceramic strip with a central crack
TL;DR: In this paper, the theory of linear piezoelectricity is applied to solve the plane strain electroelastic problem of an orthotropic PDE with a central crack, which is situated symmetrically and oriented in a direction normal to the edges of the strip.
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Cracks and fracture in piezoelectrics
Yi-Heng Chen,Tian Jian Lu +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the current understanding on cracks and fracture in piezoelectric ceramic materials is presented, focusing on the description and proper selection of electric boundary conditions along crack surfaces.
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Thermally induced fracture of a piezoelectric laminate with a crack normal to interfaces
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors considered the thermally induced fracture problem for a piezoelectric laminate having a crack under uniform electric and temperature fields, where the crack is oriented normal to the interfaces of the laminate.
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Crack Extension Force in a Piezoelectric Material
TL;DR: In this article, a closed-form solution to the antiplane fracture problem is obtained for an unbounded piezoelectric medium, along with a path-independent integral integral of fracture mechanics.
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Fracture Criteria for Piezoelectric Ceramics
Seungbae Park,C.T. Sun +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated fracture criteria for PZT-4 piezoelectric ceramics and found that the maximum mechanical strain energy release rate criterion is superior to other fracture criteria and predicts fracture loads fairly accurately.