Dielectric breakdown model for a conductive crack and electrode in piezoelectric materials

International Journal of Engineering Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 256-272

  Gao, Cun Fa ^a   Noda, Naotake ^b   Zhang, Tong Yi ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Crack; Dielectric breakdown; Electrode; Fracture and failure; Piezoelectric materials; Stroh formalism

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CRACKS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRODES; FRACTURE TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONDUCTIVE CRACK; DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN MODEL; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FRACTURE LOADS; STROH FORMALISM;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33748251296     PISSN: 00207225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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