Crack in a homogeneous piezoelectric material bonded to a functionally graded piezoelectric half plane
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
ABSTRACT
The problem for a crack located within a homogeneous piezoelectric material bonded to a functionally graded piezoelectric material is studied. It is subjected both to the mechanical and electrical loads. By using the Fourier transform and residue theorem, the problem can be reduced to a system of singular integral equations and then solved by the Gauss-Chebyshev integration formula. The dependency of stress and electric displacement intensity factors on the material nonhomogeneity parameter is discussed.
Keywords:
Functionally graded piezoelectric material; Crack; Stress and electric intensity factors; Gauss-Chebyshev integration formula