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Effect of Maxwell stresses on the thermal crack tip field for piezoelectric materials

  • A. B. Zhang*
  • , B. L. Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen
  • Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Influence of Maxwell stresses acting upon crack faces on the fracture mechanics problem in piezoelectric materials subjected to thermal, mechanical and electric loads at infinity is investigated theoretically. The thermoelectric semi-permeable crack boundary condition is used. Explicit and closed-form solutions of thermal flux and electric displacement inside the crack, and stress and electric displacement intensity factors are derived based on the Stroh's formalism and thermoelectroelastic Green's function method. Numerical results are given to illustrate the effect of Maxwell stresses on the thermal stress intensity factor when the interior of the crack is filled with different dielectric medium.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)205-209
Number of pages5
JournalTheoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
Volume80
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Crack
  • Maxwell stresses
  • Piezoelectric
  • Thermal stress

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