“…The problem has been studied thoroughly by several authors (Srinivasan, 1969;Srinivasan, 1985;Spencer, 1983;Cowin & Mehrabadi, 1987;Hue & Del Piero, 1991;Srinivasan, 1998;Blinowski & Rychlewski, 1998;Tu, 1968). Another interesting material property in anisotropic solids is the direct piezoelectric effect that comprises a group of phenomena in which the mechanical stresses or strains induce in crystals an electric polarization (electric field) proportional to those factors.…”