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On the fracture toughness anisotropy of mechanically poled ferroelectric ceramics

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In this paper an incremental constitutive theory for the deformation due to switching in ferroelectrics is applied to predict the fracture toughness anisotropy in these materials after mechanical poling. Mechanical poling of an initially unpoled specimen differs from electrical poling in that only mechanical stresses are applied to the material. Therefore, no electrical polarization can develop. After mechanical poling, for example by a uniaxial applied stress, the fracture toughness of a ferroelectric ceramic for cracks running parallel or orthogonal to the poling direction will differ. Finite element computations of the steady crack growth process have been carried out to quantify these differences. Results are generated for a range of constitutive properties for three crack growth directions with respect to the initial mechanical poling direction. The results are discussed in relation to available experimental data and to the toughness anisotropy due to electrical poling.

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Landis, C.M. On the fracture toughness anisotropy of mechanically poled ferroelectric ceramics. International Journal of Fracture 126, 1–16 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:frac.0000025296.90820.52

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