Isogeometric analysis-based phase-field modeling of brittle fracture in piezoelectric materials

• Main Author: Kiran Raj
• Other Authors: Zhou Kun
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173387
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Piezoelectric materials find extensive applications as sensors, actuators, and transducers, however, most of the functional piezoelectric ceramics though possessing excellent electromechanical coupling characteristics are often limited by brittleness and low fracture toughness. On the other hand, pi...