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Assuming that the free energy depends on the deformation gradient and the spatial electric field, we derive the expressions for the Cauchy stress tensor and the spatial electric displacement from an observer invariant quadratic form of the free energy via the strict definitions of these quantities. Specific forms of the Piola-Kirchhoff stress tensor and the material electric displacement are then deduced and linearized in a particular sense. As an application of the resulting theory, we formulate the problem of an electrically driven disc within the context of the classical bending theory of thin plates. The material of the disc is assumed to have at most the symmetry of a hexagonal system of classC 6v.The resulting coupled differential equations for the axial mechanical displacement of the middle surface and the material electric potential indicate that the problem is not empty. This result is of particular interest in view of the fact that it is generally held that the classical theory of piezoelectricity does not permit such couplings to occur.
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Chen, P.J. A linearized theory of elastic dielectrics which couples electrically to flexural vibrations. J Elasticity 21, 83–99 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040935
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