On the flexoelectric deformations of finite size bodies
A. S. Yurkov
644076 Omsk, Russia
Abstract
Exact equations describing flexoelectric deformation in solids, derived
previously within the framework of a continuum media theory, are partial
differential equations of the fourth order. They are too complex to be used
in the cases interesting for applications. In this paper, using the fact of
smallness of the elastic moduli of a higher order, simplified equations are
proposed. Solution of the exact equations is approximately represented as a
sum of two parts: the first part obeys one-dimensional differential
equations and exponentially decays near surface, the second - obeys the
equations of classical theory of elasticity. The first part can be
constructed in an explicit form. For the second part, boundary conditions
are obtained. They have a form of the classical boundary conditions for the
body under external forces on surface.