Application of the X-FEM to the fracture of piezoelectric materials

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1535-1565

  Béchet, Eric ^a   Scherzer, M ^b   Kuna, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergence; Crack; Extended finite element method; Finite elements; Piezoelectric materials

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS AND SENSORS; CONVERGENCE; CONVERGENCE RESULTS; CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; CRACK-TIP; DOMAIN INTEGRALS; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL FIELDS; ENERGY NORMS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; EXTENDED-FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENTS; NEW APPLICATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC STRUCTURES; SERVICE LOADINGS; SMART COMPOSITES; STRESS INTENSITIES; STRUCTURAL MATERIALS;

APPLICATIONS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; MEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 64049094469     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2455     Document Type: Article

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