Fracture of piezoelectric materials: Energy density criterion

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-65

  Shen, S ^a   Nishioka, T ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY OF MERCANTILE MARINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

ENERGY DENSITY CRITERION;

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 0033892827     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8442(99)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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