Mode I stress intensity factor for a cracked plate with an integrated piezoelectric actuator

Abuzaid, Ahmed and Hrairi, Meftah and Shaik Dawood, Mohd. Sultan Ibrahim (2015) Mode I stress intensity factor for a cracked plate with an integrated piezoelectric actuator. Advanced Materials Research, 1115. pp. 517-522. ISSN 1022-6680

PDF - Published Version Restricted to Repository staff only Download (295kB) | Request a copy

Abstract

The fracture performance of cracked structures is dominated by singular stress in the crack tip vicinity. In fracture mechanics, most interest is focussed on stress intensity factors, which describe the singular stress field ahead of a crack tip and govern fracture of structures when a critical stress intensity factor is reached. In the present work, linear fracture mechanics is applied in order to obtain the fracture toughness parameters of a cracked plate integrated with piezoelectric actuator under mode I loading. An analytical model was derived to represent the relation between piezoelectric parameters and stress intensity factor and energy release rate. The results indicate that the stress intensity factor decreases linearly with the application of the different piezoelectric actuator voltages.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	4980/44040
Uncontrolled Keywords:	stress intensity factor, energy released rate, piezoelectric actuator, active repair
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA165 Engineering instruments, meters, etc. Industrial instrumentation T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA630 Structural engineering (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Mechanical Engineering
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. Meftah Hrairi
Date Deposited:	29 Jul 2015 10:45
Last Modified:	17 May 2016 16:50
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/44040

Actions (login required)

View Item