Piezo-Active Composites Orientation Effects and Anisotropy Factors [Hardcover]

The book is devoted to the problem of microgeometry properties and anisotropy relations in modern piezo-active composites. These materials are characterized by various electromechanical properties and remarkable abilities to convert mechanical energy into electric energy and vice versa. Advantages of the performance of the composites are discussed in the context of the orientation effects, first studied by the authors for main connectivity patterns and with due regard to a large anisotropy of effective piezoelectric coefficients and electromechanical coupling factors. The novelty of the book consists in the systematization results of orientation effects, the anisotropy of piezoelectric properties and their role in forming considerable hydrostatic piezoelectric coefficients, electromechanical coupling factors and other parameters in the composites based on either ferroelectric ceramic or relaxor-ferroelectric single crystals.This book examines orientation effects and anisotropy in piezo-active composites. It provides smart-materials applications and reveals the interconnections between microgeometry, electromechanical properties and their anisotropy in composites.Piezoelectric Medium and Its Electromechanical Properties.- Orientation Effects and Anisotropy of Properties in Single Crystals.- Orientation Effects and Anisotropy of Properties in 22 and Related Composites.- Orientation Effects and Anisotropy of Properties in 13 and Related Composites.- Orientation Effects and Anisotropy of Properties in 03 Composites.- Microgeometry  Properties  Anisotropy Relations in Piezo-active Composites: New Trends.

Vitaly Yuryevich Topolov was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (former USSR) on November 8th, 1961. He received 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 Univel³’