The paper gives an overview on experimental observations of the failure behavior of electrically insulating and conducting cracks in piezoelectric ce- ramics.The experiments include the indentation fracture test,the b...The paper gives an overview on experimental observations of the failure behavior of electrically insulating and conducting cracks in piezoelectric ce- ramics.The experiments include the indentation fracture test,the bending test on smooth samples,and the fracture test on pre-notched(or pre-cracked)compact ten- sion samples.For electrically insulating cracks,the experimental results show a com- plicated fracture behavior under electrical and mechanical loading.Fracture data are much scattered when a static electric field is applied.A statistically based frac- ture criterion is required.For electrically conducting cracks,the experimental results demonstrate that static electric fields can fracture poled and depoled lead zirconate titanate ceramics and that the concepts of fracture mechanics can be used to mea- sure the electrical fracture toughness.Furthermore,the electrical fracture toughness is much higher than the mechanical fracture toughness.The highly electrical fracture toughness arises from the greater energy dissipation around the conductive crack tip under purely electric loading,which is impossible under mechanical loading in the brittle ceramics.展开更多
An in-depth investigation is made on the problem of an arc-shapedinterface insulating crack in a three-phase concentric circularcylindrical piezoelectric composite constitutive model. An exactsolution in series form i...An in-depth investigation is made on the problem of an arc-shapedinterface insulating crack in a three-phase concentric circularcylindrical piezoelectric composite constitutive model. An exactsolution in series form is derived by employing the complex variablemethod. In addition, the distribution of physical quantities such asstresses, strains, electric displacements and electric fields in thewhole field and along the interface is also presented.展开更多
基金The project supported by an RGC grant from the Research Grant Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionChina
文摘The paper gives an overview on experimental observations of the failure behavior of electrically insulating and conducting cracks in piezoelectric ce- ramics.The experiments include the indentation fracture test,the bending test on smooth samples,and the fracture test on pre-notched(or pre-cracked)compact ten- sion samples.For electrically insulating cracks,the experimental results show a com- plicated fracture behavior under electrical and mechanical loading.Fracture data are much scattered when a static electric field is applied.A statistically based frac- ture criterion is required.For electrically conducting cracks,the experimental results demonstrate that static electric fields can fracture poled and depoled lead zirconate titanate ceramics and that the concepts of fracture mechanics can be used to mea- sure the electrical fracture toughness.Furthermore,the electrical fracture toughness is much higher than the mechanical fracture toughness.The highly electrical fracture toughness arises from the greater energy dissipation around the conductive crack tip under purely electric loading,which is impossible under mechanical loading in the brittle ceramics.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.59635140)the Doctorate Foundation of Xi'an Jiaotong University
文摘An in-depth investigation is made on the problem of an arc-shapedinterface insulating crack in a three-phase concentric circularcylindrical piezoelectric composite constitutive model. An exactsolution in series form is derived by employing the complex variablemethod. In addition, the distribution of physical quantities such asstresses, strains, electric displacements and electric fields in thewhole field and along the interface is also presented.
