Study into the kinetics of a crack with a nonsmall fracture process zone in an aging viscoelastic plate

The subcritical growth of a mode I crack with nonsmall end zones in an aging viscoelastic plate under tensile loads applied at infinity is studied assuming that the fracture process zone is of constant length. The equations of incubation, transition, and major crack growth stages are obtained on the basis of the Volterra principle and critical crack opening criterion. The crack subcritical growth of a specific material is studied as an example __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 8, pp. 92–101, August 2007.     

Subcritical stable growth of a penny-shaped crack in an aging viscoelastic body with cylindrical anisotropy

The paper studies the subcritical stable growth of a penny-shaped mode I crack in an aging linear viscoelastic body with cylindrical anisotropy under tensile loads applied at infinity. The equations of quasistatic crack growth are derived using the Volterra principle for a modified Dugdale model and the critical crack opening displacement as a failure criterion. The kernel of the operator that describes the viscoelastic crack opening is found using operator-valued continued fractions. As an example, the subcritical stable growth of a crack in a specific material is studied numerically __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 82–92, January 2007.     

Initiation and stable growth of penny-shaped crack in aging viscoelastic transversally isotropic material

Considered is the long-term cracking of an aging transversally isotropic material containing a Mode I penny-shaped crack under remotely applied tensile stress. The aging material properties are described by the Boltzmann–Volterra’s linear theory for integral operators with non-difference kernels. It applied to wood, concrete, some polymers and rocks. Only the symmetric case is considered where the crack lies in the plane of isotropy. The modified Leonov–Panasyuk–Dugdale’s crack model is used with a constant process zone assuming that the critical opening displacement is the fracture criterion. Volterra’s principle is applied to derive the equations of subcritical crack growth. Numerical calculations are made for subcritical crack growth for the specific example of transversally isotropic material simulating the behavior of reinforced concrete.     

Stress analysis of a functional graded material plate with a circular hole

This paper is to study the two-dimensional stress distribution of a functional graded material plate (FGMP) with a circular hole under arbitrary constant loads. With using the method of piece-wise homogeneous layers, the stress distribution of the functional graded material plate having radial arbitrary elastic properties is derived based on the theory of the complex variable functions. As examples, numerical results are presented for the FGMPs having given radial Young’s modulus or Poisson’s ratio. It is shown that the stress is greatly reduced as the radial Young’s modulus increased, but it is less influenced by the variation of the Poisson’s ratio. Moreover, it is also found that the stress level varies when the radial Young’s modulus increased in different ways. Thus, it can be concluded that the stress around the circular hole in the FGMP can be effectively reduced by choosing the proper change ways of the radial elastic properties.     

Stress state of an orthotropic material with an elliptic crack under linearly varying pressure

The static equilibrium of an elastic orthotropic medium with an elliptic crack subject, on its surface, to linearly varying pressure is studied. The stress state of the elastic medium is represented as a superposition of the principal and perturbed states. Use is made of Willis’ approach based on the triple Fourier transform in spatial variables, the Fourier-transformed Green’s function for an anisotropic material, and Cauchy’s residue theorem. The contour integrals are evaluated using Gaussian quadratures. The results for particular cases are compared with those obtained by other authors. The influence of orthotropy on the stress intensity factors is studied __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 73–81, July 2006.     

Subcritical Growth of an Internal Circular Crack in an Aging Viscoelastic Laminated Composite

Delayed fracture of a laminated composite under tensile loads applied at infinity is studied. The composite consists of alternating elastic and aging viscoelastic layers and contains an internal penny-shaped mode I macrocrack located in parallel to the layers. A modified Leonov–Panasyuk–Dugdale crack model and the critical crack-tip opening criterion constitute a fracture model. The subcritical crack growth equations are derived using the Volterra principle and the method of operator continued fractions. The laws governing delayed fracture are studied for a specific composite material     

Nonlinear regimes of variation of the shape of an elastic tube containing a flowing fluid

A linear and nonlinear analysis of the distributed oscillations of an elastic tube with a fluid flowing in it is developed. The critical flow velocity and the wavelength and oscillation frequency in the tube-flow system at loss of stability are found. The geometrical and physical nonlinearities, the latter related to increase in the Young’s modulus of the tube wall material with increasing strain, are considered. It is shown that four characteristic regimes of change of tube shape are possible: local dilatation, collapse, flexure, and distributed auto-oscillations. The tube oscillations are analyzed numerically for the nonaxisymmetric case. The conditions of existence of these effects in blood vessels are examined. Nizhni Novgorod, e-mail: klochkov@appl.sci-nnov.ru. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 46–55, July–August, 2000. The work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 97-02-18612).     

Antiplane internal crack normal to the edge of a functionally graded piezoelectric/piezomagnetic half plane

This paper deals with the antiplane magnetoelectroelastic problem of an internal crack normal to the edge of a functionally graded piezoelectric/piezomagnetic half plane. The properties of the material such as elastic modulus, piezoelectric constant, dielectric constant, piezomagnetic coefficient, magnetoelectric coefficient and magnetic permeability are assumed in exponential forms and vary along the crack direction. Fourier transforms are used to reduce the impermeable and permeable crack problems to a system of singular integral equations, which is solved numerically by using the Gauss-Chebyshev integration technique. The stress, electric displacement and magnetic induction intensity factors at the crack tips are determined numerically. The energy density theory is applied to study the effects of nonhomogeneous material parameter β, edge conditions, location of the crack and load ratios on the fracture behavior of the internal crack.     

Subcritical growth of macrocracks in an aging orthotropic viscoelastic composite under static loads

The problem of subcritical crack growth in an aging orthotropic plate deformed across the reinforcing fibers by tension applied at infinity is solved on the basis of the theory of subcritical crack growth proposed by A.A. Kaminskii. Kinetic curves of crack growth are constructed for different volumes of reinforcing fibers and different ages of the binder. S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 92–97, June, 1999.     

Crack-tip stress fields in functionally graded materials with linearly varying properties

Crack-tip stress fields for a stationary crack along or inclined to the direction of property gradation in functionally graded materials (FGMs) are obtained through an asymptotic analysis coupled with Westergaard’s stress function approach. The elastic modulus of the FGM is assumed to vary linearly along the gradation direction. The first six terms for a crack along the direction of property variation and first four terms for a crack inclined to the direction of property variation in the expansion of the stress field are derived to explicitly bring out the influence of nonhomogeneity on the structure of the stress field. Using these stress fields, contours of constant maximum shear stress and constant out of plane displacement are generated and the effect of inclination of property gradation direction on these contours is discussed. The strain energy density criterion is applied to obtain critical conditions for crack initiation and the effect of property gradation is discussed. It is shown that the materials with varying properties can offer more resistance to crack propagation and will suppress crack growth in some situations.     

Growth of a penny-shaped crack with a nonsmall fracture process zone in a composite

The paper studies the stress rupture behavior of a reinforced viscoelastic composite through which a penny-shaped mode I crack propagates under a constant load. The composite has hexagonal symmetry and consists of elastic isotropic fibers and viscoelastic isotropic matrix. The material is modeled as a transversely isotropic homogeneous viscoelastic medium with effective characteristics. The crack is in the isotropy plane. The ring-shaped fracture process zone at the crack front is modeled by a modified Dugdale zone with time-dependent stresses. The viscoelastic properties of the matrix are characterized using a resolvent integral operator. Use is made of Volterra's principle, the method of operator continued fractions, and the theory of precritical crack growth in viscoelastic bodies. The problem is reduced to nonlinear integral equations. Numerical results are obtained for certain components of the composite, constant volume fractions, and different fracture strengths Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 45–51, August 2008.     

Elastic state of a transversely isotropic piezoelectric body with an arbitrarily oriented elliptic crack

The elastic stress state in a piezoelectric body with an arbitrarily oriented elliptic crack under mechanical and electric loads is analyzed. The solution is obtained using triple Fourier transform and the Fourier-transformed Green’s function for an unbounded piezoelastic body. Solving the problem for the case of a crack lying in the isotropy plane, for which there is an exact solution, demonstrates that the approach is highly efficient. The distribution of the stress intensity factors along the front of a crack in a piezoelectric body under uniform mechanical loading is analyzed numerically for different orientations of the crack __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 39–48, February 2008.     

Mircopolar Model of Fracture for Composite Material

Failure of a composite is a complex process accompanied by irreversible changes in the microstructure of the material. Microscopic mechanisms are known of the accumulation of damage and failure of the type of localized and multiple ruptures of the fibers delamination along interphase boundaries, and also mechanisms associated with fracture of fibers. In this work, we propose a mathematical model of the local mechanism of failure of a composite material randomly reinforced with a system of short fibers. We implement the Cosserat moment model of crack tip for filament material, reinforced with whiskers or in fiber- reinforced polycrystalline materials. It is assumed that the angular distribution of the fibers is isotropic and the elastic characteristics of the fibers are considerably higher than the elastic constants of the matrix. We implement the homogenization procedure for the effective Cosserat constants similarly to the effective elastic constants. The singular solution in the vicinity of the crack tip in the Cosserat moment model is found. Using this solution, we examine the bending stresses in the filaments due to effective moment stresses in the material. The constructed model describes the phenomenon of fracture of the fibers occurring during crack propagation in those composites. The following assumptions are used as the main hypotheses for the micromechanical model. The matrix contains a nucleation crack. When the load is increased the crack grows and its boundary comes into contact with the reinforcing fibers. A further increase of the stress causes bending of the fiber. When~the fiber curvature reaches a specific critical value, the fiber ruptures. If the stress at infinity is given, the fibers no longer delay the development of failure during crack propagation The degree of bending distortion of the fiber in the vicinity of the boundary of the crack is determined by the moment model of the material. The necessity to take into account the moment stresses in the failure theory of the reinforced material was stressed in [Muki and Sternberg (1965) Zeitschrift f angew Math und Phys 16:611–615; Garajeu and Soos (2003) Math Mech Solids 8(2):189–218; Ostoja-Starzewski et al (1999) Mech Res Commun 26:387–396]. The moment Cosserat stresses were accounted also for inhomogeneous biomechanical materials by Buechner and Lakes (2003) Bio Mech Model Mechanobiol 1: 295–301. We should also mention the important methodological studies [Sternberg and Muki (1967) J Solids Struct 1:69–95; Atkinson and Leppington (1977) Int J Solids Struct 13: 1103–1122] concerned with the moment stresses in homogeneous fracture mechanics.     

Analysis of a permeable interface crack in elastic dielectric/piezoelectric bimaterials

A permeable interface crack between elastic dielectric material and piezoelectric material is studied based on the extended Stroh’s formalism. Motivated by strong engineering demands to design new composite materials, the authors perform numerical analysis of interface crack tip singularities and the crack tip energy release rates for 35 types of dissimilar bimaterials, respectively, which are constructed by five kinds of elastic dielectric materials: Epoxy, Polymer, Al₂O₃, SiC, and Si₃N₄ and seven kinds of practical piezoelectric ceramics: PZT-4, BaTiO₃, PZT-5H, PZT-6B, PZT-7A, P-7, and PZT-PIC 151, respectively. The elastic dielectric material with much smaller permittivity than commercial piezoelectric ceramics is treated as a special transversely isotropic piezoelectric material with extremely small piezoelectricity. The present investigation shows that the structure of the singular field near the permeable interface crack tip consists of three singularities: and , which is quite different from that in the impermeable interface crack. It can be concluded that different far field loading cases have significant influence on the near-tip fracture behaviors of the permeable interface crack. Based on the present theoretical treatment and numerical analysis, the electric field induced crack growth is well explained, which provides a better understanding of the failure mechanism induced from interface crack growth in elastic dielectric/piezoelectric bimaterials. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10572110), Doctor Foundation of the Chinese Education Ministry and Doctorate Foundation of Xi’an Jiaotong University. The English text was polished by Yunming Chen.     

平行于功能梯度材料夹层的币型裂纹起裂条件

分析了功能梯度材料中币型裂纹的扩展问题．裂纹平行于无限域中功能梯度材料夹层,受有与裂纹面成任意角度的拉应力．假定功能梯度材料夹层与两个半无限域均匀介质完全粘合,其弹性模量沿厚度方向变化．采用基于层状材料广义Kelvin基本解的边界元方法分析裂纹问题,给出了均布正应力和剪应力作用下裂纹的应力强度因子、将应力强度因子耦合于应变能密度断裂判据,讨论了裂纹体在拉伸应力作用下的起裂条件．     

Multimodulus elasticity theory

A variant of the multimodulus elasticity theory for isotropic materials is proposed under the assumption that the shear modulus in Hooke’s law is a constant and the volume modulus depends on the sign of the first invariant of the stress tensor. Plane problems (plane strain and generalized plane stressed state) and problems of plate bending are considered. Some examples are given. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 157–164, January–February, 2008.     

On the Analytical Approach to Galin’s Stick-Slip Problem. A Survey

Galin’s classical work (PMM J Appl Math Mech 9:413–424, 1945) on the contact of a rigid flat-ended indenter with an elastic half-plane with partial slip was the first successful attempt to take into account friction in the problem of normal contact. As Galin was unable to find an exact solution of the formulated problem, the problem of contact with partial slip of a rigid punch with an elastic half-plane was challenged by many researchers. At the same time Galin’s seminal work stimulated development of solutions for other contact problems with friction that feature different punch geometries and different material responses. This paper presents an overview of the developments in the area of elastic contact with partial slip. In the spirit of Galin’s work the focus is placed on contributions with substantial analytical merit.      

Free vibration of axially loaded thin-walled composite Timoshenko beams

Based on shear-deformable beam theory, free vibration of thin-walled composite Timoshenko beams with arbitrary layups under a constant axial force is presented. This model accounts for all the structural coupling coming from material anisotropy. Governing equations for flexural-torsional-shearing coupled vibrations are derived from Hamilton’s principle. The resulting coupling is referred to as sixfold coupled vibrations. A displacement-based one-dimensional finite element model is developed to solve the problem. Numerical results are obtained for thin-walled composite beams to investigate the effects of shear deformation, axial force, fiber angle, modulus ratio on the natural frequencies, corresponding vibration mode shapes and load–frequency interaction curves.     

Exact solution of rotating FGM shaft problem in the elastoplastic state of stress

Plane strain analytical solutions to estimate purely elastic, partially plastic and fully plastic deformation behavior of rotating functionally graded (FGM) hollow shafts are presented. The modulus of elasticity of the shaft material is assumed to vary nonlinearly in the radial direction. Tresca’s yield criterion and its associated flow rule are used to formulate three different plastic regions for an ideal plastic material. By considering different material compositions as well as a wide range of bore radii, it is demonstrated in this article that both the elastic and the elastoplastic responses of a rotating FGM hollow shaft are affected significantly by the material nonhomogeneity.     

Time-dependent thermoelastic creep analysis of rotating disk made of Al–SiC composite

Time-dependent creep stress redistribution analysis of rotating disk made of Al–SiC composite is investigated using Mendelson’s method of successive elastic solution. All mechanical and thermal properties except Poisson’s ratio are radial dependent based on volume fraction percent of SiC reinforcement. The material creep behavior is described by Sherby’s constitutive model using Pandey’s experimental results on Al–SiC composite. Loading is an inertia body force due to rotation and a distributed temperature field due to steady-state heat conduction from inner to outer surface of the disk. Using equations of equilibrium, stress strain, and strain displacement, a differential equation, containing creep strains, for displacement is obtained. History of stresses and deformations are calculated using method of successive elastic solution. It is concluded that the uniform distribution of SiC reinforcement does not considerably influence on stresses. However, the minimum and most uniform distribution of circumferential and effective thermoelastic stresses belongs to composite disk of aluminum with 0% SiC at inner surface and 40% SiC at outer surface. It has also been found that the stresses, displacement, and creep strains are changing with time at a decreasing rate so that after almost 50 years the solution approaches the steady-state condition.