Research Article

Numerical Simulation of Effective Properties of 3D Piezoelectric Composites

Table 2

Summary of the numerical calculation of coefficients.

CoefficientNon-zero termLoadingBoundary conditionsDerivation


-direction Normal strain


z-direction Normal strain

y-z out-of-plane Shear strain

x-y in-plane Shear strain

z-direction Electric field

y-z out-of-plane Shear strainSame as conditions in

x-direction Electric field