Abstract
The accumulated plastic displacement criterion for crack propagation in traditional materials is extended to develop equations to predict the fatigue crack growth of ferroelectric ceramics subjected to combined electromechanical loads. The crack-line is perpendicular to the poling direction of the medium. An electric saturation zone and a stress saturation zone are assumed to develop at the crack tips when the medium is subjected to external electromechanical loads. This assumption makes it possible to obtain the accumulated plastic deformation in closed form. A fatigue crack growth law, which is a fourth-power function of the effective stress intensity factor, similar to the well-known Paris law, is derived. Graphical results for the effect of electric load on the effective crack tip stress intensity factor and crack growth rate are provided.
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