Basic solution of four 3-D rectangular limited-permeable cracks in piezoelectric materials

The solution of four 3-D rectangular limited-permeable cracks in piezoelectric materials were given by using the generalized Almansi's theorem and the Schmidt method. At the same time, the electric permittivity of the air inside the rectangular crack was considered. The problem was formulated through Fourier transform as three pairs of dual integral equations, in which the unknown variables are the displacement jumps across the crack surfaces. To solve the dual integral equations, the displacement jumps across the crack surfaces were directly expanded as a series of Jacobi polynomials. Finally, the effects of the electric permittivity of the air inside the rectangular crack, the shape of the rectangular crack and the distance among four rectangular cracks on the stress and electric displacement intensity factors in piezoelectric materials were analyzed.