...J. L. Halary; J. Jarray; M. Fatnassi; F. Ben Cheikh Larbi After extensive studies starting in the 1970s in relation to miscibility and piezoelectric properties, the blends of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) have been revisited with the aim of assessing...

... sensors to monitor the performance of the structures. In this study, the smart composite sandwich structure (CSS) samples are fabricated with glass microballoons syntactic foam core and resin infused glass-fiber face skins (with piezoelectric fiber composite sensors (PFCS) embedded inside the resin...

...S. Banerjee; K. A. Cook-Chennault Two-phase PZT-epoxy piezoelectric composites and three phase PZT-epoxy-Al composites were fabricated using a poling voltage of 0.2 kV/mm. The influence of aluminum inclusion size (nano and micron) and (lead zirconate titanate) PZT volume fraction on the dielectric...

... of Piezoelectric Ceramics, Rare-Earth Iron Alloys, and Polymer,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 81(20), p. 3831). The analytical model is extended to include the shape of a third phase inclusion to examine the influence of the shape (of the inclusion) on the effective dielectric constant of the composite. The dielectric...

...Bao-Lin Wang; Yu-Guo Sun This paper considers the mechanical problem of a semi-infinite piezoelectric medium under sudden thermal load. The medium contains an electrically conducting crack perpendicular to its surface. The transient stresses and electric fields in an uncracked medium are calculated...