Abstract
The deformation of crack tip in PZT ceramics under cyclic electric field loading was characterized by Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique. Two other specimens without speckles were used to observe the physical processes during the crack propagation in-situ. The deformation of the region of interest is elucidated. Near the U-shaped notch, the DIC results directly reveal the existence of incompatible deformation. However, in the front of the newly formed crack, no incompatible deformation was observed. Additionally, in-situ observation reveals that, the crack growth occurs at the stage of crack closure when the crack propagates steadily. The observed pop-in behavior of the crack during the first cycle of electric field loading is rationalized by the interaction between the incompatible domain switching zones with and without U-shaped notch, which is consistent with the explanation of Westram et al. The subsequent crack propagation after the pop-in cannot be rationalized by the model exploited by Zhu and Yang, Westram et al., and Liu and Fang, which is thought to be related to three different factors – arcing, wedging and grain-to-grain interaction. The mechanism for the appearance and the disappearance of the incompatible domain switching zone near the U-shaped notch and around the tip of the newly formed crack is discussed based on the electrical boundary condition (EBC) of the crack surfaces we proposed recently.
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