1108 Thermoelectroelastic Response of a Functionally Graded Piezoelectric Strip with Two Parallel Cracks

Abstract

The thermoelectroelastic fracture of a functionally graded piezoelectric material (FGPM) strip with two parallel cracks under thermal loading is considered. The crack faces are supposed to be insulated thermally and electrically. Fourier transform techniques are used to reduce the mixed boundary value problems to two systems of singular integral equations. The singular integral equations are solved by using the Gauss-Jacobi integration formula. Numerical calculations are carried out, and detailed results are presented to illustrate the influence of the parameters of the geometric parameters on the stress and electric displacement intensity factors.