Stress singularity of one-dimensional hexagonal piezoelectric quasicrystal composites due to thermal effect

Abstract

Abstract In the framework of thermo-electro-elasticity, the present paper investigates the singular behaviors of interface corners, interface cracks, composite wedges and spaces for one-dimensional hexagonal quasicrystal. The stress function and temperature variation can be described as the exponential form with a view to stress and heat flux singularities. Based on the Stroh formalism, the analytical expressions of singular orders of stress and heat flux are easily established by simple multiplication of the crucial matrix. Numerical examples of the singular orders are given for some general cases including single, bi-material, and tri-material wedges and spaces under different boundary conditions. Numerical results show that the geometry structures, material properties, boundary conditions, and heat conduction coefficients have great influences on singularities, but thermal moduli have no effect on singularities.