Electrostatic tractions at dielectric interfaces and their implication for crack boundary conditions

Mechanics Research Communications

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 330-335

  Ricoeur, A ^a   Kuna, M ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Configurational forces; Crack boundary conditions; Fracture mechanics; Maxwell tensor; Piezoelectrics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRACKS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSORS;

CONFIGURATIONAL FORCES; CRACK FACES; DIELECTRIC BODIES; DIELECTRIC INTERFACES; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTROSTATIC STRESS; INTERNAL BOUNDARIES; MAXWELL TENSOR; PHYSICAL STRESS; PIEZOELECTRICS;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 62649136645     PISSN: 00936413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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