圆环形截面压电纤维复合材料有效电弹性性能研究

研究含周期分布压电纤维的压电复合材料的有效电弹性性能。通过在材料代表性体积单元边界上施加位移和电势周期边界条件,利用有限元法求得了代表性体积单元内的电弹性场。由平均电弹性场和压电复合材料有效电弹性性能定义,预测了圆环形截面压电纤维复合材料的有效电弹性系数。通过算例,比较了相同压电材料体积分数下圆环形截面压电纤维复合材料与圆截面压电纤维复合材料有效电弹性性能的差异,讨论了圆环形截面压电纤维内部非压电填充物的力学性质对有效压电系数的影响。该文结论可为高灵敏度压电复合材料设计提供 参考。     

Coupled behaviour of interacting dielectric cracks in piezoelectric materials

Existing studies indicate that the commonly used electrically impermeable and permeable crack models may be inadequate in evaluating the fracture behaviour of piezoelectric materials in some cases. In this paper, a dielectric crack model based on the real electric boundary condition is used to study the electromechanical behaviour of interacting cracks arbitrarily oriented in an infinite piezoelectric medium. The electric boundary condition along the crack surfaces is governed by the opening displacement of the cracks. The formulation of this nonlinear problem is based on modelling the cracks using distributed dislocations and solving the resulting nonlinear singular integral equations using Chebyshev polynomials. Numerical simulation is conducted to show the effect of crack orientation, crack interaction and electric boundary condition upon the fracture behaviour of cracked piezoelectric media.     

Numerical Green's functions for some electroelastic crack problems

A plane electroelastic problem involving planar cracks in a piezoelectric body is considered. The deformation of the body is assumed to be independent of time and one of the Cartesian coordinates. The cracks are traction free and are electrically either permeable or impermeable. Numerical Green's functions which satisfy the boundary conditions on the cracks are derived using the hypersingular integral approach and applied to obtain a boundary integral solution for the electroelastic crack problem considered here. As the conditions on the cracks are built into the Green's functions, the boundary integral solution does not contain integrals over the cracks. It is used to derive a boundary element procedure for computing the crack tip stress and electrical displacement intensity factors.     

Effects of electric boundary conditions on electroelastic field in a cracked piezoelectric strip

Effects of electric boundary conditions on electroelastic field in a cracked piezoelectric strip are examined. Attention is focussed on an antiplane shear central crack normal to the strip surfaces. By decoupling equations and using the conformal mapping technique, expressions for electroelastic field in the piezoelectric strip are determined under the assumptions of an impermeable, permeable, or conducting crack, respectively. Comparison for the singularity near the crack tips among the obtained electroelastic fields is made.     

Electroelastic properties of cracked piezoelectric materials under longitudinal shear

Analytical solutions are obtained to quantify the influence of cracks on electroelastic properties of piezoelectric materials containing doubly-periodic arrays of cracks. Both the rectangular and diamond-shaped arrays of cracks are considered. Solutions are obtained for the case of an antiplane shear load coupled with an in-plane electrical load. This study makes it possible to understand the multicrack interactions in piezoelectric solids and their effects on the fracture and electroelastic properties. The crack tip field intensity factors and the change in stored electroelastic energy due to the presence of many microcracks are calculated. These calculations enable the prediction of the effective elastic, piezoelectric and dielectric constants of a damaged piezoelectric material. The results of this work can be useful in developing a technique to determine the state of mechanical and electrical damage in piezoelectric materials.     

Hybrid extended displacement discontinuity-charge simulation method for analysis of cracks in 2D piezoelectric media

The extended displacement discontinuity method (EDDM) and the charge simulation method (CSM) are combined to develop an efficient approach for analysis of cracks in two-dimensional piezoelectric media. In the proposed hybrid EDD–CSM, the solution for an electrically impermeable crack is approximately expressed by a linear combination of fundamental solutions of the governing equations, which includes the extended point force fundamental solutions with the sources placed at chosen points outside the domain of the problem under consideration and the extended Crouch fundamental solutions with the extended displacement discontinuities placed on the crack. The coefficients of the fundamental solutions are determined by letting the approximated solution satisfy the conditions on the boundary of the domain and on the crack face. Furthermore, the hybrid EDD–CSM is applied to solve the problems of cracks under electrically permeable condition, as well as under semi-permeable conditions by using an iterative approach. Two important crack problems in fracture mechanics, the center cracks and the edge cracks in piezoelectric strips, are analyzed by the proposed method. The stress intensity factor and the electric displacement intensity factor are calculated. Meanwhile the effects of strip size and the electric boundary conditions on these intensity factors are studied.     

Antiplane Permeable Edge Cracks in a Piezoelectric Strip of Finite Width

A piezoelectric strip with permeable edge cracks normal to the strip boundaries is analyzed. Under uniform antiplane mechanical shear and inplane electric loading, the distribution of the entire electroelastic field in a cracked piezoelectric strip is determined in explicit analytic form via the conformal mapping technique. It is found that the strain and the electric displacement exhibit the same singularity as the stress near the crack tips, while the electric field is always uniform. The field intensity factors and the energy release rate are independent of the applied electric load for prescribed stress, and related to the applied electric load for prescribed strain.     

Perturbation method of the piezoelectric fracture mechanics considering the permittivity of the medium in the crack gap

In this paper, the problem of the cracks with arbitrary forms in piezoelectric material is studied. The permittivity of the medium in the crack gap is considered. Except the collinear cracks, this boundary condition is too difficult to deal with; therefore, a perturbation method is recommended. By the way, the electric boundary conditions of electric fracture mechanics are discussed. For example, a small parameter solution of a crack is given and compared with the known `exact' (it will be discussed later) solution. This result shows that the impermeable or permeable conditions are only the boundary conditions for the first approximations of the perturbation solutions.     

Discussion of the Crack Face Electric Boundary Condition in Piezoelectric Fracture Mechanics

Selection of the electric boundary condition on crack faces in piezoelectric fracture mechanics has concerned researchers for a long time, and this may be related to discrepancies between the experimental measurements and theoretical predictions based on linear piezoelectric crack models that have been reported. In this letter, three well known electric boundary conditions, namely, impermeable, permeable and the boundary condition suggested by Parton en Kudryavtsev and Hao and Shen (PKHS condition) are discussed. We demonstrate that the impermeable condition is invalid for treating cracking problems, due to its physically unrealistic features and a mathematical singularity. Also, we show that the permeable condition can be used only in conjunction with nonzero mechanical traction boundary condition along the crack faces. Finally, it is shown that the PKHS condition is a reasonable one, but that the permittivity of the media inside the crack gap must be nonzero.     

Two parallel penny-shaped or annular cracks in a functionally graded piezoelectric strip under electric loading

In this paper, the mixed-mode fracture problem of a functionally graded piezoelectric material strip with two penny-shaped or annular cracks is considered. It is assumed that the electroelastic properties of the strip vary continuously along the thickness of the strip, and that the strip is under electric loading. The problem is formulated in terms of a system of singular integral equations, which are solved numerically. Numerical calculations are carried out, and the stress and electric displacement intensity factors are presented for various values of dimensionless parameters representing the crack size, the crack location, and the material nonhomogeneity.     

Interaction of parallel dielectric cracks in functionally graded piezoelectric materials

In this paper, the problem of two interacting parallel cracks in functionally graded piezoelectric materials under in-plane electromechanical loads is studied. The formulation is based on using Fourier transforms and modeling the cracks as distributed dislocations, and the resulting singular integral equations are solved with Chebyshev polynomials. A dielectric crack model considering the crack filling effect is adopted to describe the electric boundary conditions along crack surfaces. Numerical simulations are made to show the effect of material gradient, the geometry of interacting cracks, and crack position upon fracture parameters such as stress intensity factors, electric displacement intensity factor, and COD intensity factor. By considering the effect of a dielectric medium inside the crack and crack deformation, the results obtained from the dielectric crack model are always between those from the traditional crack models with physical limitation.     

Antiplane permeable edge cracks in a piezoelectric strip of finite width

A priezoelectric strip with permeable edge cracks normal to the strip boundaries is analyzed. Under uniform antiplane mechanical shear and inplane electric loading, the distribution of the entire electroelastic field in a cracked piezoelectric strip is determined in explicit analytic form via the conformal mapping technique. It is found that the strain and the electric displacement exhibit the same singularity as the stress near the crack tips, while the electric field is always uniform. The field intensity factors and the energy release rate are independent of the applied electric load for prescribed stress, and related to the applied electric load for prescribed strain.     

压电材料中螺型位错偶极子与圆弧形界面裂纹的电弹干涉效应

研究了在无穷远力电荷载作用下广义螺型位错偶极子与圆弧形界面裂纹的电弹干涉作用。运用复变函数方法,导出了该问题的一般解答,并获得了界面上只有一条裂纹时的封闭形式解,求得了基体及夹杂区域复势函数、广义应力场、裂纹尖端的广义应力强度因子以及作用在螺型位错偶极子上的位错力和力偶矩。讨论了裂纹长度、压电材料电弹常数以及位错偶极子的位置对裂纹尖端应力强度因子、偶极子中心的位错力和像力偶矩的影响。     

Near-tip fields and intensity factors for interfacial cracks in dissimilar anisotropic piezoelectric media

A complete form of stress and electric displacement fields in the vicinity of the tip of an interfacial crack, between two dissimilar anisotropic piezoelectric media, is derived by using the complex function theory. New definitions of real-valued stress and electric displacement intensity factors for the interfacial crack are proposed. These definitions are extensions of those for cracks in homogeneous piezoelectric media. Closed form solutions of the stress and electric displacement intensity factors for a semi-infinite crack as well as for a finite crack at the interface between two dissimilar piezoelectric media are also obtained by using the mutual integral.     

An approach for analysis of poled/depolarized piezoelectric materials with a crack

In this paper, the influence of dielectric medium inside a crack on crack growth, in an infinite poled or depolarized ceramic, has been studied by employing an electric boundary condition derived from the exact boundary conditions proposed by Sosa (1996). The effect of remanent polarization has also been examined. The results obtained show that electric displacement on crack surfaces is not always zero. Hence, for studying fracture problems of piezoelectric ceramics with cracks accurately, the exact boundary conditions should be implemented. In addition, the results indicate that the effect of remanent polarization is equivalent to that of a positive electric field and it cannot be neglected. It is also found that a positive electric field always has a tendency to open a crack, and a negative electric field tends to close a crack.     

BEM for crack-hole problems in thermopiezoelectric materials

The boundary element formulation for analysing interaction between a hole and multiple cracks in piezoelectric materials is presented. Using Green's function for hole problems and variational principle, a boundary element model (BEM) for a 2-D thermopiezoelectric solid with cracks and holes has been developed and used to calculate stress intensity factors of the crack-hole problem. In BEM, the boundary condition on the hole circumference is satisfied a priori by Green's function, and is not involved in the boundary element equations. The method is applicable to multiple-crack problems in both finite and infinite solids. Numerical results for stress and electric displacement intensity factors at a particular crack tip in a crack-hole system of piezoelectric materials are presented to illustrate the application of the proposed formulation.     

On the dynamic propagation of an anti-plane shear crack in a functionally graded piezoelectric strip

Summary. In this paper, a finite crack propagating at constant speed in a functionally graded piezoelectric material (FGPM) is studied. It is assumed that the electroelastic material properties of the FGPM vary continuously according to exponential gradients along the thickness of the strip, and that the strip is under anti-plane shear mechanical and in-plane electrical loads. The analysis is conducted on the electrically unified (natural) crack boundary condition, which is related to the ellipsoidal crack parameters. By using the Fourier transform, the problem is reduced to the solutions of Fredholm integral equations of the second kind. Numerical results for the stress intensity factor and crack sliding displacement are presented to show the influences of the elliptic crack parameters, crack propagation speed, electric field, FGPM gradation, crack length, and electromechanical coupling coefficient. It reveals that there are considerable differences between traditional electric crack models and the present unified crack model.     

Fracture of a piezoelectric material layer bonded by two elastic layers

A piezoelectric material layer bonded by two elastic layers under mechanical and electrical loads is studied. The piezoelectric material layer contains a central crack or two collinear cracks. Both mixed-mode crack and anti-plane crack are considered for the impermeable crack assumption and the permeable crack assumption. The effect of electric boundary conditions on electrical and mechanical field intensity factors are discussed. Some new observations are found.     

加层压电半空间界面裂纹力电联合冲击动态响应

基于线性压电弹性理论,研究电绝缘和电接触两种电边界条件下,任意多个任意排列的压电加层半空间界面裂纹在力电联合冲击作用下的动态响问题。通过引进Laplace变换和 Fourier 变换及位错密度函数,将问题首先转化为Cauchy 奇异积分方程,进而转化为代数方程进行数值求解。数值算例表明,电载荷、加层厚度及材料参数对动能量释放率具有重要的但不同的影响。研究结果对结构设计及结构失效的预防具有理论和应用价值。     

Modelling and analysis of the dynamic behaviour of piezoelectric materials containing interacting cracks

This study is concerned with the treatment of the dynamic behaviour of piezoelectric materials containing interacting cracks under antiplane mechanical and inplane electric loading. A general electrical boundary condition is used to enable the treatment of both permeable and impermeable conditions along the crack surfaces. The theoretical solution of the problem is formulated using integral transform techniques and an appropriate pseudo-incident wave method. The resulting singular integral equations are solved using Chebyshev polynomials to provide the dynamic stress and electric fields. Numerical examples are provided to show the effect of the geometry of the cracks, the piezoelectric constant of the material and the frequency of the incident wave upon the dynamic stress intensity factors. The results show the significant effect of electromechanical coupling upon local stress distribution.