Full Description
This is the first mechatronics book dealing with coupled mechanical and electrical actions, an emerging branch of modern technology. Authored by the leading scientist in this field, the book treats various subjects along the interface between mechanics and electronics.
Contents
Introduction.-Electric fracture.-Electrically induced fatigue cracking.-Current induced mass-flow instability.- Piezoelectriecs.- Relaxor ferroelectrics.- Ferroelectrics.- Theory and experiments of domain switch.- Fracture toughness and polarization.- Cyclic switch and fatigue cracking.-Mass-flow under mechatronic fields.- Microstructural evolution.- Mass-flow instability.-Concluding Remarks.