Fracture Mechanics of Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Solids

• Main Authors: Fang, Daining. (Author), Liu, Jinxi. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Continuum mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Materials science.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Mechanical Engineering.
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Fracture Mechanics of Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Solids presents a systematic and comprehensive coverage of the fracture mechanics of piezoelectric/ferroelectric materials, which includes the theoretical analysis, numerical computations and experimental observations. The main emphasis is placed...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Physical and Material Properties of Dielectrics
• Fracture of Piezoelectric/Ferroelectric Materials-Experiments and Results
• Basic Equations of Piezoelectric Materials
• General Solutions to Electromechanical Coupling Problems of Piezoelectric Materials
• Fracture Mechanics of Homogeneous Piezoelectric Materials
• Interface Fracture Mechanics of Piezoelectric Materials
• Dynamic Fracture Mechanics of Piezoelectric Materials
• Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics of Ferroelectric Materials
• Fracture Criteria
• Electroelastic Concentrations Induced by Electrodes in Piezoelectric Materials
• Electric-Induced Fatigue Fracture
• Numerical Method for Analyzing Fracture of Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Materials.