caa a22 4500 467913803 CHVBK 20180406152856.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10999-007-9046-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10999-007-9046-y Ray Manas Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, 721302, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India aut Micromechanics of piezoelectric composites with improved effective piezoelectric constant [Elektronische Daten] [Manas Ray] This paper is concerned with the derivation of a micromechanics model of a new type of piezoelectric fiber reinforced composite (PFRC) materials. A continuum mechanics approach is employed to determine the effective properties of these composites. The piezoelectric fibers of these composites are considered to be electroded at the fiber-matrix interface such that the electric fields in the fiber and matrix become equal in the direction transverse to the fiber direction. The model has been verified with the existing models. The present model also predicts that the effective piezoelectric coefficient of these PFRC which accounts for the actuating capability in the fiber direction due to the applied field in the direction transverse to the fiber direction improves over the corresponding coefficient of the material of the piezoelectric fibers if the fiber volume fraction exceeds a critical fiber volume fraction. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2007 Micromechanics nationallicence Piezoelectric composite nationallicence Smart materials nationallicence Smart composite nationallicence International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design Springer Netherlands 3/4(2006-12-01), 361-371 1569-1713 3:4<361 2006 3 10999 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10999-007-9046-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10999-007-9046-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Ray Manas Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, 721302, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design Springer Netherlands 3/4(2006-12-01), 361-371 1569-1713 3:4<361 2006 3 10999 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer