Research Article

Cell-Based Smoothed Finite Element Method-Virtual Crack Closure Technique for a Piezoelectric Material of Crack

Table 3

Energy release rate under different crack lengths.

MaterialMethodsEnergy release rate/(10−3 N/m)
0.5 cm1.0 cm1.5 cm2.0 cm2.5 cm

PZT-4CSFEM-VCCT
FEM-VCCT
Analytical solu.

P-7CSFEM-VCCT
FEM-VCCT
Analytical solu.

PZT-5HCSFEM-VCCT
FEM-VCCT
Analytical solu.