Three-dimensional thermo-electro-elastic field in one-dimensional hexagonal piezoelectric quasi-crystal weakened by an elliptical crack

Abstract

In this paper, an analytical solution is developed for the problem of an infinite 1D hexagonal piezoelectric quasi-crystal medium weakened by an elliptical crack and subjected to mixed loads on the crack surfaces. The mixed loads comprise the phonon pressure, phason pressure, electric displacement, and temperature increment, and the crack surfaces can be electrically permeable or impermeable. Based on a general solution, combined with the generalized potential theory, the steady-state 3D thermo-electro-elastic field variables in the quasi-crystal are obtained in terms of elliptic integral functions and elementary functions. Several important physical quantities on the cracked plane, such as the generalized crack surface displacements, normal stresses, and stress intensity factors, are derived in closed forms. An illustrative numerical calculation verifies the presented analytical solution and shows the distribution of the 3D thermo-electro-elastic field. It is indicated that the influence of the phason field on the result is pronounced, especially for the electric field variables, and the electric permeability of crack surfaces has a significant effect on the electric displacement intensity factor at the crack tip.