Abstract: Considered in this paper is a piezoelectric material strip containing an embedded crack or an edge crack perpendicular to its boundaries. The problem is solved for a strip that is suddenly ...

Abstract: A periodic array of cracks in a functionally graded coating bonded to a homogeneous substrate is considered. The medium is subjected to transient or static mechanical loads. The problem is ...

Abstract: This paper considers a piezoelectric ceramic layer with a surface electrode. It focuses on the effect of the layer thickness on the electrode tip fields. A closed-form solution for the ...

Abstract: A fundamental understanding of the dynamics of the PCB assembly when subjected to a half-sine acceleration has also been obtained through analyzing the PCB as a spring mass system, a beam, ...