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ACTA MECHANICA SINICA
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 199-208Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-007-0064-7
Keywords
actuators; piezoelectric materials; electrodes; multilayer; fracture mechanics
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The present paper develops an analytical model for multi-electrodes in multi-layered piezoelectric actuators, in which the electrodes are vertical to and terminated at the edges of the medium and electroelastic field concentrations ahead of the electrodes in the multilayer piezoelectric actuators are examined. By considering a representative unit in realistic multilayers, the problem is formulated in terms of electric potential between the electrode tips and results in a system of singular integral equations in which the electric potential is taken as unknown function. Effects are investigated of electrode spacing and piezoelectric coupling on the singular electroelastic fields at the electrode tips, and closed-form expressions are given for the electromechanical field near the electrode tips. Exact solution for un-coupled dielectrics is provided, where no piezoelectric coupling is present.
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