On the generalized Barnett–Lothe tensors for monoclinic piezoelectric materials

Abstract

The three generalized Barnett–Lothe tensors L , S and H , appearing frequently in the investigations of the two-dimensional deformations of anisotropic piezoelectric materials, may be expressed in terms of the material constants. In this paper, the eigenvalues and eigenvectors for monoclinic piezoelectric materials of class m, with the symmetry plane at x 3 = 0 are constructed based on the extended Stroh formalism. Then the three generalized Barnett–Lothe tensors are calculated from these eigenvectors and are expressed explicitly in terms of the elastic stiffness instead of the reduced elastic compliance. The special case of transversely isotropic piezoelectric materials is also presented.