Piezo-Active Composites: MicrogeometrySensitivity Relations [Paperback]

This book is devoted to the systematic description of the role of microgeometry of modern piezo-active composites in the formation of their piezoelectric sensitivity. In five chapters, the authors analyse kinds of piezoelectric sensitivity for piezo-active composites with specific connectivity patterns and links between the microgeometric feature and piezoelectric response. The role of components and microgeometric factors is discussed in the context of the piezoelectric properties and their anisotropy in the composites. Interrelations between different types of the piezoelectric coefficients are highlighted. This book fills a gap in piezoelectric materials science and provides readers with data on the piezoelectric performance of novel composite materials that are suitable for sensor, transducer, hydroacoustic, energy-harvesting, and other applications. 

Preface.- Piezoelectric Medium and Piezoelectric Sensitivity.- Effective Piezoelectric Coefficients d_ij*: From Microgeometry to Anisotropy.- Microgeometry of Composites and Their Piezoelectric Coefficients g_ij*.- Piezoelectric Coefficients e_ij* and d_ij*: Combination of Properties at Specific Microgeometry.- Piezoelectric Coefficients e_ij* and h_ij*: Other Combination of Properties.- Ways to Improve Piezoelectric Sensitivity of Modern Piezo-active Composites. 

Vitaly Yuryevich Topolov earned the qualification Physicist. Educator (honours degree) in 1984 along with the degrees Candidate of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics) and Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics) in 1987 and 2000, respectively, all from the Rostov State University, Russia. From 1987 to 1991, he worked as a relC1