Theory of Electroelasticity

• Main Author: Kuang, Zhen-Bang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanics.; Continuum mechanics.; Control engineering.; Civil engineering.; Materials science.; Structural materials.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Structural Materials.; Control.; Materials Science, general.; Civil Engineering.

Theory of Electroelasticity analyzes the stress, strain, electric field and electric displacement in electroelastic structures such as sensors, actuators and other smart materials and structures. This book also describes new theories such as the physical variational principle and the inertial entrop...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction Continuum Thermodynamics
• Physical variational Principle and Governing Equations
• Generalized two dimensional electroelastic problem
• Linear inclusion and related problems
• Some problems in more complex materials with deffects
• Electroelastic wave
• Three dimensional and applied electroelastic problem
• Failure theory in piezoelectric materials.