Crack repair performance of piezoelectric actuator estimated by slope continuity and fracture mechanics

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2566-2574

  Liu, Thomas Jin Chee ^a  

^a MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active repair; Crack contact; Finite element; Fracture mechanics; Piezoelectric actuator

Indexed keywords

CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRAIN;

CRACK CONTACT; CRACK REPAIR; PLANE STRAIN; SLOPE CONTINUITY;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; STRAIN;

EID: 39149114775     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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