Mode III fracture analysis of piezoelectric materials by Trefftz BEM

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-239

  Qin, Qing Hua ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti plane; Boundary element; Piezoelectric; Trefftz method

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACKS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROSTATICS; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANTI-PLANE; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; PIEZOELECTRIC; TREFFTZ METHOD;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 21644456206     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2005.20.2.225     Document Type: Article

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