Piezoelectric solid with an elliptic inclusion or hole

The two-dimensional problem of an elliptic hole in a solid of anisotropic piezoelectric material is studied. The Stroh formalism is adopted here. Real form solutions are obtained along the hole boundary in the case of an arbitrarily prescribed vector field on the hole surface. For an elliptic rigid inclusion of electric conductor subjected to a line force, a torque, and a line charge, a real form solution at the interface is obtained. Finally, general solutions for an elliptic piezoelectric inclusion with uniform loading al infinity are investigated. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.