Finite element analyses of crack problems in piezoelectric structures

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 67-80

  Kuna, Meinhard ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Ceramics; Finite element method; Piezoelectricity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002332950     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0927-0256(98)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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