On the necessity of including electrical conductivity in the description of piezoelectric fracture in real materials

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-3

  Tiersten, Harry F ^a   Sham, Ting Leung ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

PIEZOELECTRIC FRACTURE;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 0031695751     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.646895     Document Type: Article

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