The role of 90° domain wall displacements in forming physical properties of perovskite ferroelectric ceramics

Abstract
A proposed model which takes into account an elastic interaction between a polydomain grain and a surrounding ceramic matrix under weak external mechanical stresses has been used for evaluating a contribution from 90° domain wall displacements to piezoelectric and elastic constants of the perovskite ferroelectric ceramics. A difference between experimental and averaged constants of BaTiO3 ceramics can be explained by the estimated contribution.