In this chapter we discuss how to compute and visualize piezoellectirc properties. At first, let us import some piezoelectric contents for a quartz specimen.
Plotting the magnitude surface
The default plot of the magnitude, which indicates, in which direction we have the most polarization. By default, we restrict ourselves to the unique region implied by crystal symmetry
but also, we can plot the whole crystal behavior
Most often, the polarization is illustrated as surface magnitude
Note, that for directions of negative polarization the surface is mapped onto the axis of positive, which then let the surface appear as a double coverage
Quite a famous example in various standard literature is a section through the surface because it can easily be described as an analytical solution. We just specify the plane normal vector
so we are plotting the polarization in the xy-plane, or the yz-plane with
Mean Tensor Calculation
Let us import some data, which was originally published by Mainprice, D., Lloyd, G.E. and Casey , M. (1993) Individual orientation measurements in quartz polycrystals: advantages and limitations for texture and petrophysical property determinations. J. of Structural Geology, 15, pp.1169-1187