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The Boundary Element Method for Piezoelectric Materials

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Mechanics of Electromagnetic Solids

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This paper presents an overview of the recent development of the boundary element method for analyzing piezoelectric materials. The piezoelectric boundary integral equation will be reviewed and the computation of nearly-singular integrals in the case of piezoelectric thin films will be emphasized. Several numerical examples will be provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the boundary element method for analyzing the mechanics problems of piezoelectric materials, especially thin piezoelectric films.

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Liu, Y. (2003). The Boundary Element Method for Piezoelectric Materials. In: Yang, J.S., Maugin, G.A. (eds) Mechanics of Electromagnetic Solids. Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0243-8_10

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