<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The finite element method (FEM) is used to characterize the effective thermo-electromechanical material properties of cement-based piezoelectric ceramic composites in this paper. The micromechanics representative volume element (RVE) approach is used with distribution of piezoelectric particles in the porous cement matrix. The effects of the piezoelectric particle volume fraction and pore volume fraction on the effective composite properties are determined using sets of different boundary conditions. Microscale homogenization is carried out through the analysis of particles which are randomly distributed in a homogenized matrix.</p></abstract>

The finite element method (FEM) is used to characterize the effective thermo-electromechanical material properties of cement-based piezoelectric ceramic composites in this paper. The micromechanics representative volume element (RVE) approach is used with distribution of piezoelectric particles in the porous cement matrix. The effects of the piezoelectric particle volume fraction and pore volume fraction on the effective composite properties are determined using sets of different boundary conditions. Microscale homogenization is carried out through the analysis of particles which are randomly distributed in a homogenized matrix.

Computational Homogenization of Cement-Based Porous Piezoelectric Composites with Random Structure

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Applied Mechanics

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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The finite element method (FEM) is used to characterize the effective thermo-electromechanical material properties of cement-based piezoelectric ceramic...

Computational Homogenization of Cement-Based Porous Piezoelectric Composites with Random Structure

Published Online: Jun 28, 2019

Page range: 77 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2019-0018

Keywords
Finite element method, representative volume method (RVE), cement based piezoelectric ceramic composites

© 2019 Novák Pavol et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Computational Homogenization of Cement-Based Porous Piezoelectric Composites with Random Structure

Published Online: Jun 28, 2019

Page range: 77 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2019-0018

KeywordsFinite element method, representative volume method (RVE), cement based piezoelectric ceramic composites

© 2019 Novák Pavol et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Finite element method, representative volume method (RVE), cement based piezoelectric ceramic composites