Dynamic Anti-Plane Behaviors of Interacting Circular Cavities in an Infinite Piezoelectric Medium

In this article, dynamic interaction is investigated theoretically between several circular cavities in an infinite piezoelectric medium under time-harmonic incident anti-plane shear wave load. The theoretical formulations are based upon the use of complex variable and multi-coordinates. Dynamic stress concentration factors at the edges of the circular cavities are obtained by solving boundary value problems with the method of orthogonal function expansion. As examples, some calculating results of two interacting circular cavities in an infinite piezoelectric medium are plotted to show how the frequencies of incident wave, the piezoelectric characteristic parameters of the material and the structural geometries influence on the dynamic stress concentration factors.Copyright © 2008 by ASME