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An analytical model for predicting the effective properties of magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) composites
Published in
2012
Volume: 65
   
Pages: 19 - 28
Abstract
A simple analytical model based on equivalent layered approach is developed to evaluate the effective properties of magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) composites where fibers are active to electrical and magnetic domains. Although the fiber and matrix phases do not exhibit any magneto-electric coupling phenomena, the resulting MEE composite has an effective non-zero magneto-electric response. A parametric study is conducted to investigate the effects of variations in the characteristics behavior of the fiber phase on the overall magneto-electro-elastic behavior of multiferroic composite. Theoretical predictions show that the effective magneto-electric coupling constants are maximum when the piezoelectric and piezomagnetic fibers share equal volume fraction. The simulated results based on the proposed model is compared with the other models (Mori-Tanaka and finite element methods) from the literature for material coefficients [1]. The comparison shows that the model calculations are in reasonable agreement with other proposed models. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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JournalComputational Materials Science
ISSN09270256
Open AccessNo
Concepts (22)
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    EFFECTIVE PROPERTY
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    EQUIVALENT LAYERED APPROACH
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    MAGNETO-ELECTRO-ELASTIC
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    Magnetoelectric couplings
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    MATERIAL COEFFICIENTS
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    MATRIX PHASIS
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    Model calculations
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    MORI-TANAKA
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    MULTIFERROIC COMPOSITES
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    Parametric study
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    Piezoelectric
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    PIEZOMAGNETIC
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    Simulated results
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    Theoretical prediction
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    Analytical models
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    Computer simulation
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    Electric properties
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    Fibers
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    Finite element method
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    Magnetic domains
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    Models
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    ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS