Performance of 1–3 piezoelectric composites with porous piezoelectric matrix

• Main Authors: Della, Christian Ngalatan., Shu, D.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85684; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18303
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A micromechanics method is developed to investigate the effects of porosity in the matrix and the polarization orientations of the piezopolymer matrix and the piezoceramic fibers on the performance of 1–3 piezoelectric composites. The Mori-Tanaka (MT) method is first used to homogenize the porous pi...