Applicability of the crack-face electromagnetic boundary conditions for fracture of magnetoelectroelastic materials

Bao Lin Wang, Yiu Wing Mai

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Abstract

This paper discusses the different electromagnetic boundary conditions on the crack-faces in magnetoelectroelastic materials, which possess coupled piezoelectric, piezomagnetic and magnetoelectric effects. A notch of finite thickness in these materials containing air (or vacuum) is also addressed. Four ideal crack-face electromagnetic boundary condition assumptions, that is, (a) electrically and magnetically impermeable crack, (b) electrically impermeable and magnetically permeable crack, (c) electrically permeable and magnetically impermeable crack and (d) electrically and magnetically permeable crack, are investigated separately. The influence of notch thickness on the field intensity factors at notch tips and the electromagnetic field inside the notch are obtained in closed-form. The results are compared with the ideal crack solutions. Applicability of crack-face electromagnetic boundary condition assumptions is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)387-398
Number of pages12
JournalInternational Journal of Solids and Structures
Volume44
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Boundary conditions
  • Fracture mechanics
  • Magnetoelectroelastic materials
  • Notch

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Modelling and Simulation
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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