Numerical analysis of crack propagation in piezoelectric ceramics

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1371-1380

  Fang, D ^a   Qi, H ^a   Yao, Z ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Electro mechanical coupling; Electro mechanical FEM; Numerical analysis; Piezoelectric ceramic

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES;

ELASTIC TENSOR; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; MECHANICAL LOAD; MECHANICAL STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATE;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032201853     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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