Department of Basic Sciences, China Textile University, 1882 West Yan-an Road, Shanghai 200051, People's Republic of China
Institute of Railway Technology, Jiaxing 314000, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
Abstract:
The fracture mechanics of piezoelectric solids is studied. A new electric boundary condition is proposed, in which the electric permeability of air in a crack gap is considered. An exact solution to this problem is given and some numerical results are obtained. It is found that the electric permeability of air in a crack gap leads to a value of KVI less than that of an impermeable crack.