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In this work, the effective coefficients for a two-phase visco-piezoelastic composite reinforced by cylindrical fibers embedded in a matrix are derived using the effective field and asymptotic homogenization approaches. The composite is characterized by an isotropic viscoelastic matrix reinforced by piezoelastic fibers, such that the fibers are oriented along the \(x_3\)-axis and their spatial distribution allows us to consider a hexagonal cell. Under these assumptions, closed formulas are obtained based on the Rabotnov’s fractional exponential kernel. Limit cases are reported as a validation of the model. Numerical implementation for the effective coefficients is carried out, and a comparison between both approaches is given. Electromechanical coupling coefficients for ultrasonic pulse-echo transducers in medical applications are computed.
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YEA gratefully acknowledges the CONACYT for the postdoctoral scholarship “Estancias Postdoctorales por México para la Formación y Consolidación de Investigadores por México” held at IIT, UACJ, 2022-2024. YEA also thanks for the financial support of the CONACYT Basic Science project Grant A1-S-37066 during 2021-2022. RRR thanks the L’école Centrale de Marseille for the support to his visit. FJS and RRR acknowledge the funding of PAPIIT-DGAPA-UNAM IN101822, 2022-2023.
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Appendix A
Coefficients in Eqs. (38)–(46) are given as follows:
In Eqs. (A1)–(A10) are denoted
and
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Otero, J.A., Rodríguez-Ramos, R., Espinosa-Almeyda, Y. et al. Homogenization approaches for the effective characteristics of fractional visco-piezoelastic fibrous composites. Acta Mech 234, 2087–2101 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-023-03485-7
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