ELECTROELASTIC MODELING OF ANISOTROPIC PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS WITH AN ELLIPTIC INCLUSION

Theoretical work concerning the microstructural characterization and a nalysis of anisotropic piezoelectric media with inclusions is rather s carce, especially in comparison with numerous results and micromechani cs models which exist today on the inclusion problem in anisotropic el astic media. In this investigation, the Stroh formalism is used to dev elop a general solution for an infinite, anisotropic piezoelectric med ium with an elliptic inclusion; the coupled elastic and electric field s both inside the inclusion and on the boundary of the inclusion and m atrix are given.