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Improving hydrostatic performance of 1-3 piezocomposites

Li, Li; Sottos, Nancy R.

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Title
Improving hydrostatic performance of 1-3 piezocomposites
Author(s)
  • Li, Li
  • Sottos, Nancy R.
Issue Date
1994-12
Keyword(s)
  • Hydrostatic Performance
  • 1-3 Piezocomposites
Abstract
Type 1-3 piezocomposites consist of aligned piezoelectric rods embedded in a passive polymer matrix and have better hydrostatic behavior than single phase piezoelectric materials. The improved hydrostatic performance of 1-3 piezocomposites comes from two major effects: the axial stress amplification and the lateral stress reduction in the piezoelectric rods. An improved micromechanical model has been developed to predict the hydrostatic response of 1-3 piezocomposites and to examine the interaction between the piezoelectric rods and the polymer matrix. Effective hydrostatic piezoelectric constants for the composite are predicted and compared to those calculated using a generalized plane strain model. The influence of matrix stiffness, interlayer stiffness, rod aspect ratio, and rod volume fraction on the load transfer and the effective hydrostatic piezoelectric coefficient was investigated. The results obtained provide quantitative information on how various parameters affect the hydrostatic response of the composites.
Publisher
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. College of Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
  • TAM R 778
  • 1994-6034
ISSN
0073-5264
Type of Resource
text
Language
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/112474
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
Office of Naval Researchearch 94/12
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 1994 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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