A rigid inclusion in an elastic space under the action of a uniform heat flow in the inclusion plane

A solution is presented for the three dimensional static thermoelastic problem of an absolutely rigid inclusion (anticrack) in the case when a uniform heat flow is directed along the inclusion plane. By using the potential method and the Fourier transform technique, the problem is reduced to a system of coupled two-dimensional singular integral equations for the shear stress jumps across the inclusion. As an illustration, a typical application to the circular anticrack is presented. Explicit expressions for the thermal stresses in the inclusion plane are obtained and discussed from the point of view of material failure.     

Thermal stresses in an elastic space with a perfectly rigid flat inclusion under perpendicular heat flow

This paper examines the three-dimensional problem of finding thermal stresses due to an insulated rigid sheet-like inclusion (anticrack) in an elastic space under a uniform perpendicular heat flow. By using appropriate harmonic potentials, a general method of solving this problem is presented. The resulting boundary-value problems are reduced to classical mixed problems of potential theory. For the purpose of illustration, a complete solution in terms of elementary functions for a rigid circularly shaped inclusion is given and discussed from the point of view of material failure.     

Three-dimensional asymptotic stress field in the vicinity of the circumference of a penny shaped discontinuity

An eigenfunction expansion method is presented to obtain three-dimensional asymptotic stress fields in the vicinity of the front of a penny shaped discontinuity, e.g., crack, anticrack (infinitely rigid lamella), etc., subjected to the far-field torsion (mode III), extension/bending (mode I) and sliding shear/twisting (mode II) loadings. Five different discontinuity-surface boundary conditions are considered: (i) penny shaped crack, (ii) penny shaped anticrack or perfectly bonded thin rigid inclusion, (iii) penny shaped thin transversely rigid inclusion (frictionless planar slip permitted), (iv) penny shaped thin rigid inclusion in part perfectly bonded, the remainder with frictionless slip, and (v) penny shaped thin rigid inclusion alongside penny shaped crack. The computed stress singularity for a penny shaped anticrack is the same as that of the corresponding crack. The main difference is, however, that all the stress components at the circular tip of an anticrack depend on Poisson’s ratio under modes I and II.     

On the stress-strain state of a transversally isotropic body with a paraboloidal inclusion

A closed solution is presented for the three-dimensional problem of the stress-strain state of an unbounded elastic body with a soldered-in transversally isotropic inclusion in the form of a paraboloid of revolution. Here, it is assumed that the body is under axisymmetric tension (compression). A solution of the corresponding problem for a paraboloidal recess is obtained as a special case. Podil’chuk [2, 3] has investigated similar problems for isotropic bodies with an inclusion assuming the form of a paraboloid of revolution or an elliptical paraboloid. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 34, No. 11, pp. 16–22, November, 1998.     

Several three-dimensional solutions for transversely isotropic functionally graded material plate welded with circular inclusion

The problem of a transversely isotropic functionally graded material (FGM) plate welded with a circular inclusion is considered. The analysis starts with the generalized England-Spencer plate theory for transversely isotropic FGM plates, which expresses a three-dimensional (3D) general solution in terms of four analytic functions. Several analytical solutions are then obtained for an infinite FGM plate welded with a circular inclusion and subjected to the loads at infinity. Three different cases are considered, i.e., a rigid circular inclusion fixed in the space, a rigid circular inclusion rotating about the x-, y-, and z-axes, and an elastic circular inclusion with different material constants from the plate itself. The static responses of the plate and/or the inclusion are investigated through numerical examples.     

Inclined circular flat punch on a transversely isotropic piezoelectric half-space

Summary Utilizing the general solution of transversely isotropic piezoelectricity, the paper analyzes the problem of an inclined rigid circular flat punch indenting a transversely isotropic piezoelectric half-space. The potential theory method is employed and generalized to take into account the effect of the electric field in piezoelectric materials. Assuming that the punch is maintained at a constant electric potential, exact expressions for the elastoelectric field are derived in terms of elementary functions. It is noted that the solution corresponding to a flat circular punch centrally loaded by a concentrated force can be obtained as a special case. Received 15 December 1998; accepted for publication 9 March 1999     

The contact problem for a class of orthotropic elastic solids

The contact problem between two orthotropic solids is examined. The problem is solved by using Lodge's method, which permits the transformation of the boundary-value problem of an anisotropic solid to a form identical with the corresponding problem of an isotropic medium. The proposed solution is then compared with known results of certain cases and it is observed that it producesHertz's solution when used for an isotropic case,Lodge's solution when applied to contact between an orthotropic solid and a rigid plane and, finally,Love's solution if the solid is transversely isotropic with the axis of material symmetry perpendicular to the rigid plane of contact.     

Elastodynamic wave scattering by an incompressible elastic inclusion

The problem of scattering of time-harmonic elastodynamic waves by an incompressible elastic inclusion is solved by means of the null field approach. The solution is obtained both directly and as a limit of the solution to the corresponding problem for a compressible inclusion. It is also demonstrated that the null field solution to the problem of scattering by a rigid movable scatterer can be obtained from a null field solution for the incompressible scatterer by taking the limit of infinite shear modulus. Some numerical results for spherical and spheroidal inclusions are given.     

Solution of Eshelby's inclusion problem with a bounded domain and Eshelby's tensor for a spherical inclusion in a finite spherical matrix based on a simplified strain gradient elasticity theory

A solution for Eshelby's inclusion problem of a finite homogeneous isotropic elastic body containing an inclusion prescribed with a uniform eigenstrain and a uniform eigenstrain gradient is derived in a general form using a simplified strain gradient elasticity theory (SSGET). An extended Betti's reciprocal theorem and an extended Somigliana's identity based on the SSGET are proposed and utilized to solve the finite-domain inclusion problem. The solution for the disturbed displacement field is expressed in terms of the Green's function for an infinite three-dimensional elastic body in the SSGET. It contains a volume integral term and a surface integral term. The former is the same as that for the infinite-domain inclusion problem based on the SSGET, while the latter represents the boundary effect. The solution reduces to that of the infinite-domain inclusion problem when the boundary effect is not considered. The problem of a spherical inclusion embedded concentrically in a finite spherical elastic body is analytically solved by applying the general solution, with the Eshelby tensor and its volume average obtained in closed forms. This Eshelby tensor depends on the position, inclusion size, matrix size, and material length scale parameter, and, as a result, can capture the inclusion size and boundary effects, unlike existing Eshelby tensors. It reduces to the classical Eshelby tensor for the spherical inclusion in an infinite matrix if both the strain gradient and boundary effects are suppressed. Numerical results quantitatively show that the inclusion size effect can be quite large when the inclusion is very small and that the boundary effect can dominate when the inclusion volume fraction is very high. However, the inclusion size effect is diminishing as the inclusion becomes large enough, and the boundary effect is vanishing as the inclusion volume fraction gets sufficiently low.     

Stress state of a piezoceramic body with a plane crack opened by a rigid inclusion

The paper establishes a relationship between the solutions for cracks located in the isotropy plane of a transversely isotropic piezoceramic medium and opened (without friction) by rigid inclusions and the solutions for cracks in a purely elastic medium. This makes it possible to calculate the stress intensity factor (SIF) for cracks in an electroelastic medium from the SIF for an elastic isotropic material, without the need to solve the electroelastic problem. The use of the approach is exemplified by a penny-shaped crack opened by either a disk-shaped rigid inclusion of constant thickness or a rigid oblate spheroidal inclusion in an electroelastic medium __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 7, pp. 47–60, July 2008.     

Identification of an ellipsoidal defect in an elastic solid using boundary measurements

Elastostatic problem of identification of an ellipsoidal cavity or inclusion (rigid or linear elastic) in an isotropic, linear elastic solid is considered. The reciprocity gap functional method is used for solving the problem. It is shown that the parameters of the ellipsoidal defect (coordinates of its center, the directions and magnitudes of the semiaxes and elastic moduli in the case of isotropic, linear elastic inclusion), located in an infinite elastic solid are expressed by means of the values of the reciprocity gap functional. The values of the reciprocity gap functional can be calculated if the loads and displacements corresponding to uniaxial tension (compression) of an infinite solid are known on the closed surface containing the defect inside. Applications of the results to the problem of ellipsoidal defect identification in a bounded body are discussed. A number of numerical examples showing the efficiency of the developed identification method are considered.     

Tension of a cylindrical membrane partially stretched over a rigid cylinder

We study a contact problem with friction for a hyperelastic long thin-walled tube. One end of the tube is placed over an immovable, rough, rigid cylinder and an axial force is applied to another end. We assume the deformation of the tube is finite and axisymmetric. The tube is modeled by a semi-infinity cylindrical membrane. The axial force tends to a constant value at large distances from the inclusion. The membrane is made of an incompressible, homogeneous, isotropic elastic material. A contact between the membrane and the rigid cylinder is with a dry friction. The membrane will not slide off the cylinder only by friction and at a sufficient contact area. The friction is described by Coulomb’s law. We study a minimum length of the membrane which is in contact with the rigid cylinder and is needed to hold the membrane on the rigid cylinder. We obtain an explicit solution for the Bartenev–Khazanovich (Varga) strain–energy function and numerical results for the Mooney–Rivlin and Fung models.     

A conductive rigid spheroidal inclusion in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric body subjected to an axial pull

The exact axisymmetric solution is derived for an infinite transversely isotropic piezoelectric body containing an electrically conductive, rigid spheroidal inclusion under an axial pull. A simple general solution is employed in which three quasi-harmonic functions are involved and can be assumed in a closed form. The arbitrary constants are determined from the continuity conditions at the surface of the inclusion. The load-deflection and load-potential relations are derived, especially for two degenerated cases that are very important in the strength analysis of composite piezoelectric materials.     

Thermal stresses in an isotropic trimaterial interacted with a pair of point heat source and heat sink

A general analytical solution for an isotropic trimaterial interacted with a point heat source is provided in this paper. Based on the method of analytical continuation in conjunction with the alternating technique, the solutions to heat conduction and thermoelasticity problems for three dissimilar media are first derived. A rapidly convergent series solution for both the temperature and stress functions, which is expressed in terms of an explicit general term of the complex potential of the corresponding homogeneous problem, is obtained in an elegant form. As a numerical illustration, the distributions of thermal stresses along the interface are presented for various material combinations and for different positions of the applied heat source and heat sink.     

Higher order fields for damaged nonlinear antiplane shear notch, crack and inclusion problems

Damaged nonlinear antiplane shear problems with a variety of singularities are studied analytically. A deformation plasticity theory coupled with damage is employed in analysis. The effect of microscopic damage is considered in terms of continuum damage mechanics approach. An exact solution for the general damaged nonlinear singular antiplane shear problem is derived in the stress plane by means of a hodograph transformation, then corresponding higher order asymptotic solutions are obtained by reversing the stress plane solution to the physical plane. As example, traction free sharp notch and crack, rigid sharp wedge and flat inclusion, and mixed boundary sharp notch problems are investigated, respectively. Consequently, higher order fields are obtained, in which analytical expressions of the dominant and second order singularity exponents and angular distribution functions of the near tip fields are derived. Effects of the damage and hardening exponents of materials and the geometric angle of notch/wedge on the near tip quantities are discussed in detail. It is found that damage leads to a weaker dominant singularity of stress, but to little stronger singularities of the dominant and second order terms of strain compared to that for undamaged material. It is also seen that damage has important effect on the angular distribution functions of the near tip stress and strain fields. As special cases, higher order analytical solutions of the crack and rigid flat inclusion tip fields are obtained, respectively, by reducing the notch/wedge tip solutions. Effects of damage and hardening exponents on the dominant and second order terms in the solutions of the crack and inclusion tip fields are discussed.     

Application of generalized images method to contact problems for a transversely isotropic elastic layer on a smooth half-space

The idea, first used by the author for the case of crack problems, is applied here to solve a contact problem for a transversely isotropic elastic layer resting on a smooth elastic half-space, made of a different transversely isotropic material. A rigid punch of arbitrary shape is pressed against the layer’s free surface. The governing integral equation is derived; it is mathematically equivalent to that of an electrostatic problem of an infinite row of coaxial charged disks in the shape of the domain of contact. The case of circular domain of contact is considered in detail. As a comparison, the method of integral transforms is also used to solve the problem. The main difference of our integral transform approach with the existing ones is in separating of our half-space solution from the integral transform terms. It is shown that both methods lead to the same results, thus giving a new interpretation to the integral transform as a sum of an infinite series of generalized images.     

Puncturing a thin elastic sheet

We use membrane theory to analyze the puncturing of a thin solid circular isotropic elastic sheet by a rigid axisymmetric indenter. A solution is obtained in which a hole is formed at the center of the sheet with an interior annulus in frictionless contact with the cylindrical surface. The contacting part is in a state of pure hoop stress with the corresponding hoop stretch exhibiting a strong singularity at the origin. Conditions are given ensuring that the solution has finite total energy and it is shown to be energetically favored over unpunctured states for transverse indenter displacements exceeding a finite critical value.     

The rotation of a rigid elliptical disc inclusion embedded in a transversely isotropic elastic solid

This paper examines the problem of asymmetric rotation of a rigid elliptical disc inclusion embedded in bonded contact with a transversely isotropic elastic solid of infinite extent. The moment-rotation relationship for the embedded inclusion is evaluated in explicit closed form.     

Generalized stroh formalism for anisotropic elasticity for general boundary conditions

The Stroh formalism is most elegant when the boundary conditions are simple, namely, they are prescribed in terms of traction or displacement. For mixed boundary conditions such as there for a slippery boundary, the concise matrix expressions of the Stroh formalism are destroyed. We present a generalized Stroh formalism which is applicable to a class of general boundary conditions. The general boundary conditions include the simple and slippery boundary conditions as special cases. For Green's functions for the half space, the general solution is applicable to the case when the surface of the half-space is a fixed, a free, a slippery, or other more general boundary. For the Griffith crack in the infinite space, the crack can be a slit-like crack with free surfaces, a rigid line inclusion (which is sometimes called an anticrack), or a rigid line with slippery surface or with other general surface conditions. It is worth mention that the modifications required on the Stroh formalism are minor. The generalized formalism and the final solutions look very similar to those of unmodified version. Yet the results are applicable to a rather wide range of boundary conditions.     

刃型位错和圆弧形刚性线夹杂的干涉效应

位错和夹杂的干涉效应对于理解材料的强化和韧化机理具有十分重要的意义。文中研究了晶体材料中刃型位错和多条共圆弧刚性线夹杂的干涉作用。利用Riemann—Schwarz反照原理和复势函数的奇性主部分析技术，得到了问题的一般解答；对于只含一条刚性线夹杂的情况，给出了复势函数的封闭形式解。由Peach-Koehler公式求出了作用在刃型位错上的位错力，并讨论了圆弧形刚性线夹杂对位错力的影响规律，发现弧形刚性线对刃型位错有很强的排斥作用。本文解答不但可作为格林函数获得任意分布位错的相应解答，而且可以用于研究刚性线夹杂和任意形状裂纹的干涉效应问题。