Constitutive relations for nonlinear, isotropic, electroelastic solids quadratic in the ?nite strain tensor and the referential electric ?eld are derived from the full nonlinearity theory of electroelasticity ...Constitutive relations for nonlinear, isotropic, electroelastic solids quadratic in the ?nite strain tensor and the referential electric ?eld are derived from the full nonlinearity theory of electroelasticity by tensor invariants, which can describe the behavior of electrostrictive ma- terials. The equations are linearized for small, dynamic ?elds superposed on ?nite, static biased ?elds. These linear equations are used to study plane waves propagating in an electroelastic body under various mechanical and/or electric biased ?elds. It is shown that the speed of the acoustic waves exhibits a strong dependence upon those material parameters in the nonlinear constitu- tive relations. Experimental determination of these material parameters using this dependence is discussed.展开更多
Some of the previous theories in the electrostrictive and magnetostrictive materials and their differences are discussed in this paper. A variational principle in the general thermodynamic sense is given and the gover...Some of the previous theories in the electrostrictive and magnetostrictive materials and their differences are discussed in this paper. A variational principle in the general thermodynamic sense is given and the governing equations can be derived from this principle. Illustrational examples are given.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Office of Naval Research under contract number ONR N00014-96-1-0884the NationalNatural Science Foundation of China(No.10172036).
文摘Constitutive relations for nonlinear, isotropic, electroelastic solids quadratic in the ?nite strain tensor and the referential electric ?eld are derived from the full nonlinearity theory of electroelasticity by tensor invariants, which can describe the behavior of electrostrictive ma- terials. The equations are linearized for small, dynamic ?elds superposed on ?nite, static biased ?elds. These linear equations are used to study plane waves propagating in an electroelastic body under various mechanical and/or electric biased ?elds. It is shown that the speed of the acoustic waves exhibits a strong dependence upon those material parameters in the nonlinear constitu- tive relations. Experimental determination of these material parameters using this dependence is discussed.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.10472069).
文摘Some of the previous theories in the electrostrictive and magnetostrictive materials and their differences are discussed in this paper. A variational principle in the general thermodynamic sense is given and the governing equations can be derived from this principle. Illustrational examples are given.