Phase-field modeling of domain switching near crack tips in single crystal ferroelectrics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6929, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Li, Wenyuan ^a   Landis, Chad M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain nucleation and growth; Ferroelectrics; Fracture; J integral; Phase field modeling

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN SWITCHING; FERROELECTRIC (BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE); FINITE ELEMENT (FE); GRADIENT ENERGY; J INTEGRALS; MATERIAL POLARIZATION; MODELING FRAMEWORK; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; ORDER PARAMETER (OP); PHASE FIELD (PF) MODELS; PHASE FIELDS; STATIONARY CRACK;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICS; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIGMENTS; POLARIZATION; POWDERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CRACK TIPS;

EID: 44949238328     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.782712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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