Two types of interface defects

The solution of a plane problem in the theory of elasticity for a two-component body with an interface, a finite part of which is either weakly distorted or is a weakly curved crack is constructed using the perturbation method. In the first case, it is assumed that the discontinuities in the forces and displacements at the interface are known, and, in the second case, the non-equilibrium nature of the load in the crack is taken into account. General quadrature formulae are derived for the complex potentials, which enable any approximation to be obtained in terms of elementary functions in many important practical cases. An algorithm is indicated for calculating each approximation. Families of defects are studied, the form of which is determined by power functions. The effect of the amplitude of the distortion and the shape of the interface crack on the Cherepanov–Rice integral as well as the shape of the distorted part of the interface on the stress concentration is investigated in the first approximation. An analysis of the applicability of the oscillating solution for a distorted interface crack is carried out. The results of the calculations are shown in the form of graphical relations.     

External circular crack under arbitrary shear loading

An exact closed form solution in terms of elementary functions has been obtained to the governing integral equation of an external circular crack in a transversely isotropic elastic body. The crack is subjected to arbitrary tangential loading applied antisymmetrically to its faces. The recently discovered method of continuity solutions was used here. The solution to the governing integral equation gives the direct relationship between the tangential displacements of the crack faces and the applied loading. Now a complete solution to the problem, with formulae for the field of all stresses and displacements, is possible.     

Evaluation of mixed mode stress intensity factors for interface cracks using EFGM

This paper presents the implementation of element free Galerkin method for the stress analysis of structures having cracks at the interface of two dissimilar materials. The material discontinuity at the interface has been modeled using a jump function with a jump parameter that governs its strength. The jump function enriches the approximation by the addition of special shape function that contains discontinuities in the derivative. The trial and test functions of the weak form are constructed using moving least-square interpolants in each material domain. An intrinsic enrichment criterion with enriched basis has been used to model the crack tip stress fields. The mixed mode (complex) stress intensity factors for bi-material interface cracks are numerically evaluated using the modified domain form of interaction integral. The numerical results are obtained for edge and center cracks lying at the bi-material interface, and are found to be in good agreement with the reference solutions for the interfacial crack problems.     

Debonding of an elastic inhomogeneity of arbitrary shape in anti-plane shear

We investigate the anti-plane shear problem of a curvilinear crack lying along the interface of an arbitrarily shaped elastic inhomogeneity embedded in an infinite matrix subjected to uniform stresses at infinity. Complex variable and conformal mapping techniques are used to derive an analytical solution in series form. The problem is first reduced to a non-homogeneous Riemann–Hilbert problem, the solution of which can be obtained by evaluating the associated Cauchy integral. A set of linear algebraic equations is obtained from the compatibility condition imposed on the resulting analytic function defined in the inhomogeneity and its Faber series expansion. Each of the unknown coefficients in the corresponding analytic functions can then be uniquely determined by solving the linear algebraic equations, which are written concisely in matrix form. The resulting analytical solution is then used to quantify the displacement jump across the debonded section of the interface as well as the traction distribution along the bonded section of the interface. In addition, our solution allows us to obtain mode-III stress intensity factors at the two crack tips. The solution to the anti-plane problem of a partially debonded elliptical inhomogeneity containing a confocal crack is also derived using a similar method.     

Dynamic stresses in a compound body with circular crack under sliding contact on an interface

We have considered the three-dimensional problem of harmonic loading of a circular crack in an elastic composite consisting of two dissimilar half-spaces under sliding contact on the surface of their bonding. The defect is situated in one of the half-spaces perpendicularly to the interface of materials. Using the representations of solutions in the form of Helmholtz potentials, we have reduced the problem to a boundary integral equation for the function of dynamic defect opening. Based on the numerical solution of this equation, we have obtained the frequency dependences of mode I stress intensity factor near the crack for different relations between the elastic moduli of components of the composite and the depths of crack location with respect to the interface.     

Solution of plane seepage problems for a multivalued seepage law when there is a point source

The steady seepage of an incompressible fluid in a uniform porous medium, occupying an arbitrary bounded two-dimensional region, when there is a point source present is considered. Part of the boundary of the region is free, while the remaining part is impermeable for the fluid. It is assumed that the function defining the seepage law is multivalued and has a linear increase at infinity. A generalized formulation of the problem is proposed in the form of a variational inequality of the second kind. An approximate solution of the problem is obtained by an iterative splitting method, which enables approximate values of both the solution itself (the pressure) and its gradient to be found. Analytic expressions describing the boundaries of the region where the modulus of the pressure gradient takes a constant value are obtained for model problems of a line of bore holes. Numerical experiments are carried out for model problems, which confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method. Good agreement is observed between the results of calculations obtained analytically and by approximate methods.     

An asymptotic approach in problems of crack identification

An asymptotic approach to solving problems of the identification of a rectilinear crack of small relative size is presented. The solution of the direct problem is reduced to solving a boundary integral equation. Using the proposed approach, its kernel is investigated, and the main part of the asymptotic form is singled out. The inverse problem of determining the crack parameters from prescribed information on the amplitudes of the displacement on the boundary of a layer is solved. Transcendental equations are obtained, from which the characteristics of a crack are determined in stages. Numerical results of the solution of the inverse problem are presented.     

Diffraction of a non-stationary linearly inhomogeneous acoustic wave which slides off a semi-infinite soft screen

An exact analytical solution of a new non-stationary scalar diffraction problem is obtained and analysed. A plane acoustic wave with a profile in the form of a delta function propagates along a semi-infinite soft screen. The wave amplitude varies linearly along the wave front. After reaching the end of the screen it “slides” off the screen, generating a diffraction field. A special modification of the Smirnov–Sobolev method is used to find this field. The solution is obtained in the form of an elementary function. It is shown that the sliding wave excites a travelling perturbation that is unlimited along the length of the screen. A similar phenomenon obviously also occurs when elastic waves slide from a cut (crack), which must be taken into account, in particular, in fracture theory.     

考虑磁通流动效应的超导薄膜基底结构界面断裂行为研究北大核心CSCD

超导薄膜是一种采用化学涂层制备而成的多层薄膜结构,作为性能优越的导电功能结构材料,其载流能力与结构完整性直接相关.在超导薄膜制备过程中,超导层与金属基底之间的界面裂纹很难避免.因此,在载流运行过程中,由于外磁场的存在,这类界面裂纹的强度问题成为关键.为此,该文针对超导薄膜结构,以磁通量子穿透薄膜理论和线弹性断裂理论为基础,建立了研究超导层与基底界面裂纹强度问题的解析模型.深入分析了外加磁场作用下界面裂纹强度问题,得到了超导磁通流动对裂纹尖端应力场和能量释放率的影响.结果表明:磁通流动速度越大,界面裂纹尖端处应力越大且能量释放率越大,这将导致界面更容易发生裂纹破坏.该文所得结果有助于分析相关的界面裂纹问题.     

Interfacial fracture of layered magnetoelectroelastic materials

A problem for an interface crack located in a layered magnetoelectroelastic material strip of semi-infinite length is solved. A closed-form solution is obtained for anti-plane mechanical and in-plane electric and magnetic fields. Explicit expressions for stresses and electric and magnetic fields, together with their intensity factors and the energy release rate, are obtained. The extreme cases of impermeable and permeable cracks are discussed. Using the basic solution for a single crack, solutions for two collinear interface cracks in an infinitely long layered magnetoelectroelastic medium, an interface crack in an infinitely long layered magnetoelectroelastic medium, and an edge crack at the interface of a semi-infinitely long layered magnetoelectroelastic medium are also obtained. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 145–164, March–April, 2008.     

复合材料桥纤维拔出问题的动态裂纹模型

在一无限的正交各向异性体的弹性平面上,对具有桥纤维平行自由表面的一个内部中央裂纹,进行了弹性分析．提出了复合材料桥纤维拔出的一个动态模型．由于纤维破坏是由最大拉应力支配,纤维断裂并且裂纹扩展将以自相似的方式出现．通过复变函数的方法将所讨论的问题转化为Reimann-Hilbert混合边界值问题的动态模型,呈现一简单的和容易的解．求得了正交异性体中扩展裂纹受运动的阶梯载荷、瞬时脉冲载荷作用下问题的解析解,并利用这一解,通过迭加最终求得该模型的解．     

Static and extending interface cracks with contact zones in anisotropic as well as in piezoelectric bimaterials

An interface crack with an electrically permeable and mechanically frictionless contact zone in a piezoelectric bimaterial under the action of a remote mixed mode mechanical loading as well as thermal and electrical fields is considered in the first part of this paper. By use of the matrix‐vector representations of thermal, mechanical and electrical fields via sectionally‐holomorphic functions the problems of linear relationships are formulated and solved exactly both for an electrically permeable and an electrically impermeable interface crack. For these cases the transcendental equations and clear analytical formulas are derived for the determination of the contact zone lengths and the associated fracture mechanical parameters. A plane strain problem for a crack with a frictionless contact zone at the leading crack tip extending stationary along an interface of two semi‐infinite anisotropic spaces with a subsonic speed under the action of various loading is considered in the second part of this paper. By introducing of a moving coordinate system connected with the crack tip and by using the formal similarity of static and propagating crack problems the combined Dirichlet‐Riemann boundary value problem is formulated and solved exactly for this case as well and a transcendental equation is obtained for the determination of the real contact zone length. It is found that the increase of the crack speed leads to an increase of the real contact zone length and the correspondent stress intensity factors which increase significantly for a quasi‐Rayleigh wave speed.     

A coupled stress and energy failure model for crack initiation in arbitrarily shaped adhesive lap joints

In this work, crack initiation in adhesive lap joints of arbitrary joint configuration is studied by means of a finite fracture mechanics approach. The analysis is based on a general stress solution for adhesive joints combined with a coupled stress and energy criterion. The instantaneous formation of a crack of finite size is predicted if a stress and energy criterion are satisfied simultaneously. The closed-form analytical solution of the stress field allows for an efficient evaluation of the crack initiation load and corresponding finite crack length. A comparison to experimental results from literature and to numerical results obtained with a cohesive zone model approach shows a good agreement. (© 2016 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

裂纹与弹性夹杂的相互影响*

本文利用无限域上单根弹性夹杂和单根裂纹产生的位移和应力,将裂纹与弹性夹杂的相互影响问题归为解一组柯西型奇异积分方程,然后用此对夹杂分枝裂纹解答的奇性性态作了理论分析,并求得了振荡奇性界面应力场,对于不相交的夹杂裂纹问题,具体计算了端点的应力强度因子及夹杂上的界面应力,结果令人满意。     

A spectral relation for Chebyshev-Laguerre polynomials and its application to dynamic problems of fracture mechanics

A new spectral relation for Chebyshev-Laguerre polynomials is derived and its use to construct an exact solution of the antiplane problem of the theory of elasticity on the diffraction of a shock SH-wave by a semi-infinite crack is described, when this wave is incident on the crack at an arbitrary angle. The problem is reduced to an integro-differential equation by the method of discontinuous solutions. An exact solution of this equation using the spectral relation obtained is given. A formula is obtained for the scattered wave and for the stress intensity factor.     

压电复合材料圆形夹杂中螺型位错和界面裂纹的干涉分析

研究了无穷远纵向剪切和面内电场共同作用下,压电复合材料圆形夹杂中螺型位错与界面裂纹的电弹耦合干涉作用．运用Riemann-Schwarz 对称原理,并结合复变函数奇性主部分析方法,获得了该问题的一般解答．作为典型算例,求出了界面含一条裂纹时基体和夹杂区域复势函数和电弹性场的封闭形式解．应用广义Peach-Koehler公式,导出了位错力的解析表达式．分析了裂纹几何参数和材料的电弹性常数对位错力的影响规律．结果表明,界面裂纹对位错力和位错平衡位置有很强的扰动效应,当界面裂纹长度达到临界值时,可以改变位错力的方向．该结果可以作为格林函数研究圆形夹杂内裂纹和界面裂纹的干涉效应．其公式的退化结果与已有文献完全一致．     

Problem of an elastic half-plane with a crack emerging orthogonally at the boundary

The problem of the half-plane, in which a finite crack emerges orthogonally at the boundary, is studied. On the edges of the crack a self-balancing load is applied. A detailed investigation is carried out for an integral equation with respect to the unknown derivative of the displacement jump, to which the problem can be reduced. The exact solution of the integral equation is constructed with the aid of the Mellin transform and the Riemann boundary value problem for the halfplane. The asymptotic behavior of the solution at both ends of the crack is elucidated. First the asymptotic behavior of the solution at the point of emergence of the crack is obtained and the dependence of this asymptotic behavior on the type of the load is established. For a special form of the load one obtains a simple expression of the stress intensity coefficient. In the case of a general load, the asymptotic behavior is used for the construction of an effective approximate solution on the basis of the method of orthogonal polynomials. As a result, the problem reduces to an infinite algebraic system, solvable by the reduction method.Translated from Dinamicheskie Sistemy, No. 4, pp. 45–51, 1985.     

Shape sensitivity of curvilinear cracks on interface to non-linear perturbations

The 2D-model of an anisotropic, non-homogeneous, bonded elastic solid with a crack on the interface is considered. We state the linear problem with the stress-free boundary condition at the crack faces in addition to the transmission condition at the connected part of the interface. The sensitivity of the model to non-linear perturbations of the curvilinear crack along the interface is investigated. We obtain the asymptotic expansion and the corresponding derivatives of the potential energy functional with respect to the crack length via the material derivatives of the solution. This allows us to describe the growth or stationarity, and the local optimality conditions by the Griffith rupture criterion. The integral expression of the energy release rate for the considered problems is obtained, and the Cherepanov-Rice integral is discussed.     

位于两不同正交各向异性半平面间张开型界面裂纹的性能分析

利用Schmidt方法分析了位于正交各向异性材料中的张开型界面裂纹问题．经富立叶变换使问题的求解转换为求解两对对偶积分方程,其中对偶积分方程的变量为裂纹面张开位移．最终获得了应力强度因子的数值解．与以前有关界面裂纹问题的解相比,没遇到数学上难以处理的应力振荡奇异性,裂纹尖端应力场的奇异性与均匀材料中裂纹尖端应力场的奇异性相同．同时当上下半平面材料相同时,可以得到其精确解．