Effect of couple stress at the interfaces of a nano-hole on the anti-plane electro-mechanical behavior

Abstract In piezoelectric nanocomposites, surface/interface plays an important role in determining the size-dependent behavior of media. Within the framework of couple stress, the effect of surface/interface around a nano-hole on the anti-plane electro-mechanical behavior is examined. By introducing a surface/interface model, the stress and electric displacement effects on the size-dependent behavior are both considered. The governing equations in piezoelectric materials are decoupled into the classical ones. The displacement and electric potential are expressed by Bessel functions. By satisfying the boundary conditions around the hole with the interface/surface effect, the expanded coefficients are obtained. Through analysis, it is shown that the mechanical and electrical fields drastically depend on the relative size of the hole with respect to the characteristic length of the material. The effects of couple stresses on the stress and electric field are also addressed. Comparison with the existing results is also given. Keywords: piezoelectric compositescouple stressnano-holeelectro-mechanical behaviorsurface/interface effects Acknowledgments The paper is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11272222; 11172185), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China (No. A2010001052), and the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT0971).