THE BEHAVIOR OF TWO PARALLEL SYMMETRIC PERMEABLE CRACKS IN PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS

The behavior of two parallel symmetric cracks in piezoelectric materials under anti-plane shear loading was studied by the Schmidt method for the permeable crack face conditions. By using the Fourier transform, the problem can be solved with two pairs of dual integral equations in which the unknown variable is the jump of the diplacement across the crack surfaces. These equations were solved using the Schmidt method. The results show that the stress and the electric displacement intensity factors of cracks depend on the geometry of the crack. Contrary to the impermeable crack surface condition solution, it is found that the electric displacement intensity factors for the permeable crack surface conditions are much smaller than the results for the impermeable crack surface conditions.

ELECTRO-ELASTIC GREEN'S FUNCTIONS FOR APIEZOELECTRIC HALF-SPACE ANDTHEIR APPLICATION

In this paper, as is studied are the electro-elastic solutions for a piezoelectric halfspace subjected Io a line force, a line charge and a line dislocation, i. e.. Green sfunclions on the basis of Stroh formalism and the concept of analytical continuation,explicit expressions for Green's functions are derived. As a direct application of theresults obtained, an infinite piezoelectric solid containing a semi-infinite crack isexammed. Attention iffocused on the stress and electric displacement fields of a cracktip. The stress and electric displacement intensity .factors are given explicitly.

TRANSIENT RESPONSE OF A CRACKED PIEZOELECTRIC STRIP UNDER ARBITRARY ELECTRO:MECHANICAL IMPACT

By using the well-developed integral transform methodology, the dynamic response of stress and electric displacement around a finite crack in an infinite piezoelectric strip are investigated under arbitrary dynamic anti-plane loads. The dynamic stress intensity factors and electric displacement are obtained analytically. It is shown that the dynamic crack-tip stress and electric field still have a square-root singularity. Numerical computations for the dynamic stress intensity factor show that the electric load has a significant influence on the dynamic response of stress field. The higher the ratio of the crack length to the width of the strip, the higher the peak value of the dynamic stress intensity factor is. On the other hand, the dynamic response of the electric field is determined solely by the applied electric load. The electric field will promote or retard the propagation of the crack depending on the time elapse since the application of the external electro-mechanical loads. (Author abstract) 9 Refs.

Analytical Solution for the Reissner-Sagoci Problem of a Piezoelectric Half-Space

In this paper,a transversely isotropic piezoelectric half-space with the isotropy axis parallel to the z-axis is considered under rotation on a rigid circular disk bonded to the surface of the piezoelectric medium.This is a type of Reissner-Sagoci mixed boundary value problem.By utilizing the Hankel transform,the mixed boundary value problem is simplified into solving a pair of dual integral equations.Full-field analytical expressions for displacement,stresses,and electric displacement inside the half-space are obtained.The shear stresses and electric displacement on the surface are found to be singular at the edge of the rigid circular disk,and the stress intensity factors and electric displacement intensity factor are defined.Numerical results show that material properties and geometric size have significant effects on displacement,shear stresses,and electric displacement.