The Generalized Two Dimensional Thermal-Electro-Elastic Solution for the Cracked-Half-Elliptical-Hole Problem in a Half Plane

The half elliptical hole with an edge crack in a thermopiezo- electric material is studied by using the complex variable method. First, the mapping function which maps the outside of the elliptical hole and the crack in the right half plane into the outside of a circular hole in a full plane is given by the method of conformal mapping. Then, the complex potential functions and the field intensity factors (FIF) are presented ac- cording to the boundary conditions, respectively. Some useful results can be found by numerical analysis: 1) The influence of the heat flux on FIF depends on the model of the crack; 2) The shape and the size of the hole possess a significant effect on the field distribution at the crack tip.