Crack initiation and crack propagation in partially electroded PZT

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 21, Issue 10-11, 2001, Pages 1425-1428

  Dos Santos e Lucato, S L ^a   Lupascu, D C ^a   Rodel J ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actuators; Defects; Fracture; PZT

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

CRACKING PATTERNS;

CRACK INITIATION;

ACTUATOR; CERAMICS; CRACKING; FRACTURE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION;

EID: 0034889491     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2219(01)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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