Dielectric Breakdown model for an electrically impermeable crack in a piezoelectric material

Computers, Materials and Continua

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-115

  Zhang, Tong Yi ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES;

DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN MODEL; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; ELECTRICALLY IMPERMEABLE CRACK; FAILURE CRITERIAN;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 9944246335     PISSN: 15462218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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