Dynamic non-local stress analysis of two collinear semi-permeable mode-I cracks in a piezoelectric medium

Abstract

This article investigates the dynamic non-local stress analysis of two collinear semi-permeable mode-I cracks in a piezoelectric medium under the harmonic waves by using the generalized Almansi theorem and the Schmidt method. Based on the Fourier transform technique, this problem is formulated into coupled dual integral equations. The dynamic stress and the dynamic electric displacement fields at the crack tips are obtained by solving the derived dual integral equations. Numerical examples are provided to show the effects of the crack length, the distance between the two collinear cracks, the lattice parameter, the electric permittivity of the air inside the crack, and the characteristics of the harmonic wave on the dynamic stress field and the dynamic electric displacement field near the crack tips. The dynamic stress and electric displacement decrease with increasing the distance between two collinear cracks and lattice parameter in a piezoelectric medium. Meanwhile, the dynamic field will impede or enhance crack propagation in piezoelectric medium depending on the circular frequency of the incident wave. Different from the classical solutions, the present solutions exhibit no stress and electric displacement singularities at the crack tips. This work is expected to be helpful for theoretical modeling of piezoelectric medium at nanoscale.