Fracture Mechanics of Piezoelectric Materials
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Author(s): Q.-H. Qin
ISBN: 1853128562
Format: hardback
282pp
Price: £98.00, $149.00
Review Date: 06 May 2001
Review: This book contains a comprehensive treatment of crack problems arising from piezoelectric materials under coupled thermal, mechanical and electric loads. The emphasis is on fundamental concepts, the development of mathematical models and their computational approaches, while the mathematical models used are stated in a straightforward manner. Chapters include: linear theory of piezoelectricity; basic solution approaches for crack problems; cracks; fracture criteria; analysing crack problems by the boundary element method; and experiments.