Download or read book Nonlinear Electromechanical Couplings written by G. A. Maugin and published by . This book was released on 1992-10-13 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an updated and rigorous treatise on most manifestations of nonlinear electromechanical couplings in dielectric media with applications to piezoelectric and ferroelectric crystals, piezoelectric powders and solutions of electrodeformable macromolecules. Presents a variety of static and dynamic nonlinear effects which have important engineering applications. Contains an insight into the nonlinear behavior of such new substances as ceramics, powders and ferroelectrics. Rigorous mathematical treatment includes hyberbolic systems, asymptotic expansions, singular perturbations, convexity and soliton theory.