Investigation of the crack problem in non-local piezoelectric materials under combined electromechanical loadings

    (整期优先)网络出版时间:2009-02-12
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    Thepresentinvestigationofthecrackprobleminpiezoelectricmaterialsisperformedbasedonthenon-localtheory.Aftersomemanipulations,theimpermeablecrack,thepermeablecrack(thecrackgapisfullofNaCIsolution),andthesemi-permeablecrack(thecrackgapisfullofairorsiliconoil)arereducedtoauniformformulationbyassum-ingthenormalelectricdisplacementonthecracksurfacestobeanunknownvariable.Thus,atripleintegralequationwiththeunknownnormalelectricdisplacementisestablished.ByusingtheNewtoniterativemethodandsolvingthetripleinte-gralequation,itisfoundthatthenormalelectricdisplacementonthecracksurfacesisnolongeraconstantasdeterminedbypreviousstudies,rather,itdependsupontheremotecom-binedelectromechanicalloadings.Numericalresultsofthestressesandelectricdisplacementfieldsshowthattherearenosingularitiesatthecracktipssothatthestressesremainfinite.Itisofgreatsignificancethattheconcreteelectricboundaryconditiononthecracksurfacesexertssignificantinfluenceonthenear-tipfieldsandinthiswayplaysanimpor-tantroleinevaluatingthecrackstabilityinthenon-localpiezoelectricmaterials.Morespecifically,theimpermeablecrackmodelalwaysoverestimatesthefinitestressesatthecracktips,whereasthepermeablecrackmodelalwaysunder-estimatesthem.
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