General treatment of mode III interfacial crack problems in piezoelectric materials

Summary  The anti-plane problem of N collinear interfacial cracks between dissimilar transversely isotropic piezoelectric media, which are subjected to piecewise uniform out-of-plane mechanical loading combined with in-plane electric loading at infinity, and also a line loading at an arbitrary point, is addressed by using the complex function method. In comparison with other relevant works, the present study has two features: one is that the analysis is based on the permeable crack model, i.e. the cracks are considered as permeable thin slits, and, thus, both the normal component of electric displacement and the tangential component of electric field are assumed to be continuous across these slits. The other feature is that explicit closed-form solutions are given not only in piezoelectric media, but also inside cracks when the media are subjected to the most general loading. It is shown that the singularities of electric displacement and electric field in the media are always dependent on that of stress for the general case of loading, and all the singularities of field variables are independent of the applied uniform electric loads at infinity. For the interfacial cracks the electric field is square-root singular at the crack tips and shows jumps across the interface, while the normal component of the electric field is linearly variable inside the crack, but the tangential component is square-root singular. However, for a homogeneous medium with collinear cracks, the electric field is always nonsingular in the medium while the electric displacement exhibits square-root singularity. Moreover, in this case, the electric field inside any crack is equal to a constant when uniform loads are applied at infinity. Received 22 November 1999; accepted for publication 20 July 2000     

Permeable cracks between two dissimilar piezoelectric materials

An interfacial crack with electrically permeable surfaces between two dissimilar piezoelectric ceramics under electromechanical loading is investigated. An exact expression for singular stress and electric fields near the tip of a permeable crack between two dissimilar anisotropic piezoelectric media are obtained. The interfacial crack-tip fields are shown to consist of both an inverse square root singularity and a pair of oscillatory singularities. It is found that the singular fields near the permeable interfacial crack tip are uniquely characterized by the real valued stress intensity factors proposed in this paper. The energy release rate is obtained in terms of the stress intensity factors. The exact solution of stress and electric fields for a finite interfacial crack problem is also derived.     

PLANE STRAIN PROBLEM OF PIEZOELECTRIC SOLID WITH ELLIPTIC INCLUSION

By using the complex variables function theory, a plane strain electro-elastic analysis was performed on a transversely isotropic piezoelectric material containing an elliptic elastic inclusion, which is subjected to a uniform stress field and a uniform electric displacement loads at infinity. Based on the present finite element results and some related theoretical solutions, an acceptable conjecture was found that the stress field is constant inside the elastic inclusion. The stress field solutions in the piezoelectric matrix and the elastic inclusion were obtained in the form of complex potentials based on the impermeable electric boundary conditions.     

Generalized 2D problem of piezoelectric media containing collinear cracks

The generalized 2D problem in piezoelectric media with collinear cracks is addressed based on Stroh's formulation and the exact electric boundary conditions on the crack faces. Exact solutions are obtained, respectively, for two special cases: one is that a piezoelectric solid withN collinear cracks is subjected to uniform loads at infinity, and the other is that a piezoelectric solid containing a single crack is subjected to a line load at an arbitrary point. It is shown when uniform loads are applied at infinity or on the crack faces that, the stress intensity factors are the same as those of isotropic materials, while the intensity factor of electric displacement is dependent on the material constants and the applied mechanical loads, but not on the applied electric loads. Moreover, it is found that the electric field inside any crack is not equal to zero, which is related to the material properties and applied mechanical-electric loads. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (19772004)     

热压电介质中的渗透型周期裂纹问题

利用Stroh公式,研究了含共线周期裂纹热的压电介质的广义二维问题。该工作有两个特征：一是裂纹被建模为具有渗透表面的缝隙,并假设为跨越上下表面时,电场的切向分量和电位移的法向分量是连续的;另一个特征是,机－电载荷和热载荷被假设作用在无限远处,而不是在裂纹表面。基于这两个假设,我们获得了有关场强因子,以及裂纹内电场的相当简洁的表达式。结果表明：①在裂纹内电场是线性变化的,②电位移的奇异性总是取决于应力的奇异性.③所有场的奇异性与所加的电载荷无关。     

Dynamic Response of a Piezoelectric Material with a Conducting Rigid Inclusion

The problem of a conducting rigid inclusion embedded in an infinite piezoelectric matrix is considered under the action of combined electromechanical impact loads. By using integral transform techniques, the mixed initial-boundary value problem for the case of anti-plane shear load and in-plane electric field is transformed into two systems of dual integral equations, the solutions of which give the singularity coefficients of electroelastic field near the inclusion tips in closed-form in the Laplace transform domain. Numerical results for the stress singularity coefficient in the physical space are presented graphically by numerically solving the resulting Fredholm integral equation and carrying out the numerical inversion of Laplace transform for a PZT-5H material with a conducting rigid line inclusion.     

Green’s functions for anti-plane deformations of a circular arc-crack at the interface of piezoelectric materials

Summary The anti-plane deformation problem of an interfacial debounding crack between a circular piezoelectric inclusion and a piezoelectric matrix is investigated by means of the complex variables method. For a line load applied within the matrix or inside the inclusion, Greens functions are presented for the complex potentials, intensity factors and electric fields on the crack faces, respectively, in closed and explicit form. The solutions are valid for both permeable and impermeable crack models. It is shown that, in the general case of permeable cracks, the electric field singularity is always proportional to the stress singularity.The first author (C.F.Gao) would like to express his gratitude for the support of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany).     

Interacting circular inclusions in antiplanepiezoelectricity

The problem of multiple piezoelectric circular inclusions, which are perfectly bondedto a piezoelectric matrix, is analyzed in the framework of linear piezoelectricity. Both the matrixand the inclusions are assumed to possess the symmetry of a hexagonal crystal in the 6 mm classand subject to electromechanical loadings (singularities) which produce in-plane electric fieldsand out-of-plane displacement. Based upon the complex variable theory and the method ofsuccessive approximations, the solution of electric field and displacement field either in theinclusions or in the matrix is expressed in terms of explicit series form. Stress and electric fieldconcentrations are studied in detail which are dependent on the mismatch in the materialconstants, the distance between two circular inclusions, and the magnitude of electromechanicalloadings. It is shown that, when the two inclusions approach each other, the oscillatory behaviorof the stress and electric field can be induced in the inclusion as the matrix and the inclusions arepoled in the opposite directions. This important phenomenon can be utilized to build a verysensitive sensor in a piezoelectric composite material system. The present derived solution canalso be applied to the inclusion problem with straight boundaries. The problem associated withthree-material media under electromechanical sources is also considered.     

Analysis of a Partially Debonded Conducting Rigid Elliptical Inclusion in a Piezoelectric Matrix

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Effect of Maxwell stress on a moving crack with polarization saturation region in ferroelectric solid

The focus of this work is on a generalized two-dimensional problem of a crack moving in a piezoelectric solid subjected to uniform electrical load at infinity. The novel point includes that the electric field inside the crack is taken into account when polarization saturation region exists. Based on the extended Stroh formalism and complex function method, explicit expressions of both the stress fields in the solid and electric fields inside the crack are derived by using semi-permeable crack model, respectively. Effect of Maxwell stress along the crack surface is investigated and the results are illustrated graphically. It is shown that the moving speed of the crack cannot exceed the lowest bulk wave speed. It is also found that the medium properties inside the crack and surrounding the ferroelectric solid at infinity directly affect the Maxwell stress, and as a result the Maxwell stresses are remarkable and cannot be ignored under different electric load.     

Anti-plane shear crack normal to and terminating at the interface of two bonded piezoelectric ceramics

The electroelastic analysis of two bonded dissimilar piezoelectric ceramics with a crack perpendicular to and terminating at the interface is made. By using Fourier integral transform, the associated boundary value problem is reduced to a singular integral equation with generalized Cauchy kernel, the solution of which is given in closed form. Results are presented for a permeable crack under anti-plane shear loading and in-plane electric loading. Obtained results indicate that the electroelastic field near the crack tip in the homogeneous piezoelectric ceramic is dominated by a traditional inverse square-root singularity, while the electroelastic field near the crack tip at the interface exhibits the singularity of power law r^−α, r being distance from the interface crack tip and α depending on the material constants of a bi-piezoceramic. In particular, electric field has no singularity at the crack tip in a homogeneous solid, whereas it is singular around the interface crack tip. Numerical results are given graphically to show the effects of the material properties on the singularity order and field intensity factors.     

ANALYSIS OF A SCREW DISLOCATION INSIDE A CIRCULAR INCLUSION WITH INTERFACIAL CRACKS IN PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES

IntroductionPiezoelectric materials have potentials for use in many modern devices and compositestructures. The presence of various defects, such as inclusions, holes, dislocations andcracks, can greatly influence their characteristics and coupled behavio…     

Analysis of a Circular Piezoelectric Semiconductor Embedded in a Piezoelectric Semiconductor Substrate

We analyze anti-plane electromechanical fields associated with a circular piezoelectric semiconductor of 6 mm symmetry embedded in a matrix of a different piezoelectric semiconductor. An exact solution is obtained. The solution shows the presence of field concentration near the interface. It is also found that the strain and electric fields inside the inclusion are not uniform.     

压电材料平面应力状态的直线裂纹问题一般解

研究了含直线裂纹系的压电材料平面应力问题单个裂纹和双裂纹问题的封闭解答表明，在裂纹尖端，应力、电场强度和电位移有１／２阶的奇异性并与前人结果比较了产生电场奇异性的物理因素     

A conducting arc crack between a circular piezoelectric inclusion and an unbounded matrix

The present paper investigates the problem of a conducting arc crack between a circular piezoelectric inclusion and an unbounded piezoelectric matrix. The original boundary value problem is reduced to a standard Riemann–Hilbert problem of vector form by means of analytical continuation. Explicit solutions for the stress singularities δ=−(1/2)±iε are obtained, closed form solutions for the field potentials are then derived through adopting a decoupling procedure. In addition, explicit expressions for the field component distributions in the whole field and along the circular interface are also obtained. Different from the interface insulating crack, stresses, strains, electric displacements and electric fields at the crack tips all exhibit oscillatory singularities. We also define a complex electro-elastic field concentration vector to characterize the singular fields near the crack tips and derive a simple expression for the energy release rate, which is always positive, in terms of the field concentration vector. The condition for the disappearance of the index ε is also discussed. When the index ε is zero, we obtain conventionally defined electro-elastic intensity factors. The examples demonstrate the physical behavior and the correctness of the obtained solution.     

An exact and explicit treatment of an elliptic hole problem in thermopiezoelectric media

This paper presents an exact solution for the problem of an elliptic hole or a crack in a thermopiezoelectric solid. First, based on the extended version of Eshelby–Stroh's formulation, the generalized 2D problems of an elliptical hole in a thermopiezoelectric medium subject to uniform heat flow and mechanical–electrical loads at infinity are studied according to exact boundary conditions at the rim of the hole. The complex potentials in the medium and the electric field inside the hole are obtained in closed form, respectively. Then, when the hole degenerates into a crack, the explicit solutions for the field intensity factors near the crack tip and the electric field inside the crack are presented. It is shown that the singularities of all the field are dependent on the material constants, the applied heat load and mechanical loads at infinity, but not on the applied electric loads. It is also found that the electric field inside the crack is linearly variable, which is different from the result based on the impermeable crack model.     

An exact solution of crack problems in piezoelectric materials

IntroductionInrecentyearscrackproblemsinpiezoelectricmaterialhavereceivedmuchattention.Manytheoreticalanalyseshavebeengivenby[1～16].Itshouldbe,however,notedthatalltheaboveanalysesarebasedonaso-calledimpermeablecrackassumphon,i.e.thecrackfacesareassumedtobeimpermeabletoelectricfield,sotheelectricdisplacementvanishesinsidethecrack.Usingthisassumption,onewillobtainthefollowingresultS[2'3'5,6'9'16]=whentheelectricloadsaresolelyaPPliedatinLfinity,theelectricdisplacementissquare-rootsingularatthe…     

压电材料平面应力状态的直线裂纹问题一般解

研究了含直线裂纹系的压电材料平面应力问题单个裂纹和双裂纹问题的封闭解答表明，在裂纹尖端，应力、电场强度和电位移有１／２阶的奇异性并与前人结果比较了产生电场奇异性的物理因素     

Penny-shaped crack in transversely isotropic piezoelectric materials

Using a method of potential functions introduced successively to integrate the field equations of three-dimensional problems for transversely isotropic piezoelectric materials, we obtain the so-called general solution in which the displacement components and electric potential functions are represented by a singular function satisfying some special partial differential equations of 6th order. In order to analyse the mechanical-electric coupling behaviour of penny-shaped crack for above materials, another form of the general solution is obtained under cylindrical coordinate system by introducing three quasi-harmonic functions into the general equations obtained above. It is shown that both the two forms of the general solutions are complete. Furthermore, the mechanical-electric coupling behaviour of penny-shaped crack in transversely isotropic piezoelectric media is analysed under axisymmetric tensile loading case, and the crack-tip stress field and electric displacement field are obtained. The results show that the stress and the electric displacement components near the crack tip have (r ^−1/2) singularity. The project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province, China     

Coupled solution for anisotropic piezoelectric materials with cracks

The coupled elastic and electric fields for anisotropic piezoelectric materials with electrically permeable cracks are analyzed by using Stroh formula in anisotropic elasticity. It is shown from the solution that the tangent component of the electric field strength and the normal component of the electric displacement along the faces of cracks are all constants, and the electric field intensity and electric displacement have the singularity of type (1/2) at the crack tip. The energy release rate for crack propagation depends on both the stress intensity factor and material constants. The electric field intensity and electric displacement inside electrically permeable cracks are all constants.