Electric-field-induced crack initiation from a notch in a ferroelectric ceramic

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2849-2854

  Westram, Ilona ^a,c   Lupascu, Doru ^a,d   Rödel, Jürgen ^a   Laskewitz, Bernd ^b   Kamlah, Marc ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SCHOTT Solar GmbH   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; CRACK INITIATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYSTERESIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FERROELASTIC HYSTERESIS; WEIGHT FUNCTION METHOD;

FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS;

EID: 34548473818     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01737.x     Document Type: Article

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