Finite element analysis of cracks in ferroelectric ceramic materials

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 539-562

  Chen, W ^a   Lynch, C S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive law; Crack; Ferroelectric material; Field concentration; Finite element

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CRACKS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PERMITTIVITY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLARIZATION; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CONSTITUTIVE LAW; FERROELASTIC SWITCHING;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0033347519     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(99)00084-3     Document Type: Article

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