Theory of Electroelasticity

This book analyzes the stress, strain, electric field and electric displacement in electroelastic structures such as sensors, actuators and other smart materials and structures. Describes the physical variational principle and the inertial entropy theory.

Theory of Electroelasticity analyzes the stress, strain, electric field and electric displacement in electroelastic structures such as sensors, actuators and other smart materials and structures. This book also describes new theories such as the physical variational principle and the inertial entropy theory. It differs from the traditional method by using the physical variational principle to derive the governing equations of the piezoelectric material, whereas the Maxwell stress is obtained automatically. By using the inertial entropy theory, the temperature wave equation is obtained very easily.

The book is intended for scientists, researchers and engineers in the areas of mechanics, physics, smart material and control engineering as well as mechanical, aeronautical and civil engineering, etc.

Zhen-Bang Kuang is a professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Proposes a new principle: Physical variational principle and inertial entropy theory, using these principles derive governing equation Tries to unify and modify the theoretical results of electroelastic and thermoelectroelastic analyses (stress, electric field, etc) published in literatures Discusses the failure theory of electroelastic materials

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Zhen-Bang Kuang is a professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He was graduated from the department of mechanical engineering of Jiao Tong University in Shanghai in 1956 and got the Master's degree from Tsinghua University in 1959. From 1959 to 1997 he worked in Xi'an Jiaotong University. He mainly works on solid mechanics, biomechanics and electroelastic analysis. From 1994 to 2002 he was a member of the standing committee of The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He and his coworkers published papers over than 200 and he published books in Chinese "Nonlinear continuum mechanics", "The crack tip fields", "The mechanical behaviors of materials" and "Theory of electroelasticity". He took part in many important projects of the NSFC (Natural Science Foundation of China).

Inhalt
Introduction Continuum Thermodynamics.- Physical variational Principle and Governing Equations.- Generalized two dimensional electroelastic problem.- Linear inclusion and related problems.- Some problems in more complex materials with deffects.- Electroelastic wave.- Three dimensional and applied electroelastic problem.- Failure theory in piezoelectric materials.