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A Model for Predicting Effective Properties of Piezocomposites with Non-piezoelectric Inclusions

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Most piezocomposites, which have been widely used in engineering, consist of piezoelectric inclusions and a non-piezoelectric matrix. Due to the limits of fabrication technology, it is hard to avoid the matrix intermingling with other non-piezoelectric inclusions, such as cavities. The non-piezoelectric inclusions can substantially affect performance of piezocomposites. In this paper we study the electromechanical fields in piezocomposites which are composed of a non-piezoelectric matrix embedded with both piezoelectric and non-piezoelectric inclusions. Closed-form relations are obtained for the effective electroelastic moduli of a piezocomposite with both piezoelectric and non-piezoelectric inclusions. The effective properties of a 1-3 type piezocomposite with non-piezoelectric spherical inclusions are analyzed carefully and explicit formulae for the effective electroelastic properties of a 1-3-0 piezocomposite are also obtained. The analysis shows that the effect of non-piezoelectric inclusions on the electroelastic properties of piezocomposites is significant and should not be neglected. The model proposed in this paper is expected to be useful for predicting and analyzing the overall electromechanical properties of piezocomposites with a non-piezoelectric matrix containing both piezoelectric and non-piezoelectric inclusions.

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  1. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China

    Dai-Ning Fang

  2. Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, M/C 0219, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, U.S.A.

    Bing Jiang

  3. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China

    Keh-Chih Hwang

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Fang, DN., Jiang, B. & Hwang, KC. A Model for Predicting Effective Properties of Piezocomposites with Non-piezoelectric Inclusions. Journal of Elasticity 62, 95–118 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011690908826

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