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Approximate Green's functions and a boundary element method for electro-elastic analyses of active materials
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Approximate Green's functions and a boundary element method for electro-elastic analyses of active materials

Naum Khutoryansky, Horacio Sosa and Wenhong Zu
Computers & structures, v 66(2), pp 289-299
1998

Abstract

Active materials Boundary element method Green's functions Piezoelectric ceramics
A boundary element method (BEM) for the analysis of two-dimensional, time independent problems of linear electro-elasticity is presented. Emphasis is given to the derivation of representation formulas and fundamental solutions as well as to the construction of an efficient numerical algorithm. The method is particularly suitable for studying the behavior of active materials such as electrostrictive, ferroelectric and piezoelectric ceramics. Two numerical examples with direct impact on the structural safety and reliability of piezoceramics are provided to demonstrate the virtues of the new BEM.

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