Enriched meshless manifold method for two-dimensional crack modeling

The meshless manifold method is based on the partition of unity method and the finite cover approximation theory which provides a unified framework for solving problems dealing with both continuum with and without discontinuities. The meshless manifold method employs two cover systems. The mathematical cover system provides the nodes for forming finite covers of the solution domain and the partition of unity functions. And the physical cover system describes geometry of the domain and the discontinuous surfaces in the domain. The shape functions are derived by the partition of unity and the finite covers approximation theory. In meshless manifold method, the mathematical finite cover approximation theory is used to model cracks that lead to interior discontinuities in the displacement. Therefore, the discontinuity is treated mathematically instead of empirically by the existing methods. However, one cover of a node is divided into two irregular sub-covers when the meshless manifold method is used to model the discontinuity. As a result, the method sometimes causes numerical errors at the tip of a crack. To improve the precision of the meshless manifold method, the enriched methods are introduced in this work for crack problems.     

NEW POINTS OF VIEW ON THE NONLOCAL FIELD THEORY AND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE FRACTURE MECHANICS (Ⅰ)──FUNDAMENTAL THEORY

In the linear nonlocal elasticity theory, the solution to the boundary-value problem of the crack with a constant stress boundary condition does not exist. This problem has been studied in this paper. The contents studied contain of examining objectivity of the energy balance, deducing the constitutive equations of nonlocal thermoelastic bodies, and determining nonlocal force and the linear nonlocal elasticity theory. Some new results are obtained. Among them, the stress boundary condition derived from the linear theory not only solves the problem mentioned at the beginning, but also contains the model of molecular cohesive stress on the sharp crack tip advanced by Barenblatt.     

NEW POINTS OF VIEW ON THE NONLOCAL FIELD THEORY AND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE FRACTURE MECHANICS (Ⅰ)──FUNDAMENTAL THEORY

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线性非局部弹性理论的修正

本文通过考虑局部化残余力的影响对线性非局部弹性理论进行了修正，由修正后的理论所导出的应力边界条件包含了物体微观结构的长程力的作用，这个结果不仅解释了在裂纹混合边界值问题中线性非局部弹性理论方程的解在常应力边界条件下不存在的问题，而且可以自然地得到裂纹尖端的Ｂａｒｅｎｂｌａｔｔ分子内聚力模型。     

基于单位分解法的无网格数值流形方法

在数值流形方法和单位分解法的基础上，提出了无网格数值流形方法. 无网格数值流形 方法在分析时采用了双重覆盖系统，即数学覆盖和物理覆盖. 数学覆盖提供的节点形成求解 域的有限覆盖和单位分解函数；而物理覆盖描述问题的几何区域及其域内不连续性. 与原有 的数值流形方法相比，无网格数值流形方法的数学覆盖形状更加灵活，可以用一系列节点的 影响域来建立数学覆盖和单位分解函数，具有无网格方法的特性，从而摆脱了传统的数值流 形方法中网格所带来的困难. 与无网格方法相比，由于采用了有限覆盖技术，试函数的构造 不受域内不连续的影响，克服了原有的无网格方法在处理不连续问题时所遇到的困难. 详细推导了无网格数值流形方法的试函数和求解方程，最后给出了算例，验证了该方法的正 确性.     

关于非局部场论的两点注记

研究了非局部场论中尚未完全解决的两个基本问题：其一为局部化体力，力矩残余之间的相关性，由此得到了一个描述两者关系的定理；其二为线性非局部弹性理论的应力边界条件的提法；文中所得到的应力边界条件不仅解释了在裂纹混合边界值问题中线性非局部弹性理论方程的解在常应力边界条件下不存在的问题，而且可以给出裂纹尖端的分子内聚力模型。     

基于近场动力学微分算子的含裂纹正交各向异性板热传导分析方法

采用近场动力学微分算子(Peridynamic Differential Operator, PDDO)理论建立正交各向异性板热传导的非局部模型。通过构造近场动力学函数,将边界条件和热传导方程由局部微分形式转化为非局部积分形式,引入Lagrange乘子,采用变分分析对含裂纹正交各向异性板温度及裂纹尖端的热通量分布进行求解。通过对比算例,验证了该模型具有较好的收敛性和有效性。分析了正交各向因子、材料铺设角、裂纹倾角及间距对裂纹尖端热通量的影响。结果表明,基于PDDO建立的含裂纹正交各向异性板热传导模型,考虑了热传导问题中的非局部性,能有效提高计算精度,预测含裂纹板中裂纹尖端出现的奇异性。     

模拟裂纹扩展的单位分解扩展无网格法

单位分解扩展无网格法(PUEM)是一种求解不连续问题的新型无网格方法.其基于单位分解思想,通过在传统无网格法的近似函数中加入扩展项来反映由裂纹所产生的不连续位移场.详细描述了水平集方法,PUEM不连续近似函数的构造及控制方程的离散.针对裂纹扩展问题,提出了一种十分简单的水平集更新算法;讨论了不同的节点数、高斯积分阶次以及围线积分区域对应力强度因子计算结果的影响,并给出了合理的参数;模拟了边裂纹和中心裂纹的扩展问题,并与XFEM的数值结果进行了比较.数值算例表明,本文方法具有较高的计算精度,是模拟裂纹扩展非常有效的方法,具有广阔的应用前景.     

用非局部弹性场论研究圆盘状裂纹问题

本文采用非局部弹性理论。用Love位移函数导出三维轴对称问题的非局部弹性应力的一般形式解,并求解了圆盘裂纹问题。得到了裂纹尖端区的应力是有界的,再次证实了非局部理论模型求解断裂力学问题的正确性。     

Stress concentration at the tip of crack

By means of the theory of nonlocal elasticity, the stress concentration is determined at the tip of crack subjected to a uniform tension perpendicular to the line of crack at infinity. The stress concentration is found to be finite and depends on the length of the crack.     

On the study of a penny-shaped crack in nonlocal elasticity

This article is concerned with the penny-shaped crack in an infinite body subjected to a uniform pressure on the surface of the carck in nonlocal elasticity. Making use of Love function in classical elasticity, we reduce the stress solution of an axisymmetric problem of the penny-shaped crack. The result of this article shows the stress on the crack tip is finite and demonstrates again the correctness of the nonlocal model for solving problems in fracture mechanics.Project Supported by the Science Foundation of the Chinese Academy     

关于线性非局部弹性理论的应力边界条件

应力边界条件的提法是线性非局部弹性理论尚未解决的一个理论问题。文中针对这一问题进行了研究，所导出的应力边界条件包含了物体微观结构的长程相互作用，这个结果不仅解释了在裂纹混合边界值问题中非线性局部弹性理论方程的解在常应力边界条件下不存在的问题，而且可以自然地得到裂纹尖端的分子内聚力模型。     

含裂纹体的单位分解扩展无网格方法

不连续体的数值模拟尤其是动态裂纹的追踪问题一直是工程界研究的热点和难点问题。无网格方法仅仅需要结点信息,非常适合于求解这类问题。基于单位分解思想,在移动最小二乘近似函数(MLS)中根据裂纹面的不连续位移增加一个Heaviside函数,在裂尖则增加四个扩展函数描述渐进裂纹位移场;应用Galerkin方法推导了平衡方程的离散线性方程,并给出了求解裂纹问题应力强度因子的计算公式。与其他类型的扩展无网格相比,在裂尖处近似函数不需要使用可视准则,很容易生成r1/2奇异;另一个优势是影响域并没有因为裂纹的存在而改变,不会降低方程的稀疏性,求解效率较高。数值算例表明,该方法能方便有效地模拟不连续问题,具有十分广阔的应用空间。     

Nonlocal theory solution of two collinear cracks in the functionally graded materials

In this paper, the interaction of two collinear cracks in functionally graded materials subjected to a uniform anti-plane shear loading is investigated by means of nonlocal theory. The traditional concepts of the nonlocal theory are extended to solve the fracture problem of functionally graded materials. To make the analysis tractable, it is assumed that the shear modulus varies exponentially with the coordinate vertical to the crack. By use of the Fourier transform, the problem can be solved with the help of a pair of triple integral equations, in which the unknown variable is the displacement on the crack surfaces. To solve the triple integral equations, the displacement on the crack surfaces is expanded in a series of Jacobi polynomials. Unlike the classical elasticity solutions, it is found that no stress singularity is present near the crack tips. The nonlocal elastic solutions yield a finite hoop stress at the crack tip, thus allowing us to use the maximum stress as a fracture criterion in functionally graded materials. The magnitude of the finite stress field depends on the crack length, the distance between two cracks, the parameter describing the functionally graded materials and the lattice parameter of the materials.     

Two notes on nonlocal field theory

In this paper, two fundamental problems completely unsolved in nonlocal field theory are studied. The first is the dependence of nonlocal residuals. By studying this problem, a theorem concerning the relationship between the residuals of nonlocal body force and nonlocal moment of momentum is given and proven. The other problem is how to give the stress boundary conditions in the linear theory of nonlocal elasticity. The stress boundary conditions obtained in this paper can not only answer why the nonlocal stress solution satisfying the boundary conditionst _ji ^(s) n _j ¦O ₂ =p _i (p _i is a constant) on the surface of crack does not exist but also give a model of the molecular cohesive stress on the crack tip.     

Mechanics and fracture of crack tip deformable bi-material interface

Novel interface deformable bi-layer beam theory is developed to account for local effects at crack tip of bi-material interface by modeling a bi-layer composite beam as two separate shear deformable sub-layers with consideration of crack tip deformation. Unlike the sub-layer model in the literature in which the crack tip deformations under the interface peel and shear stresses are ignored and thus a “rigid” joint is used, the present study introduces two interface compliances to account for the effect of interface stresses on the crack tip deformation which is referred to as the elastic foundation effect; thus a flexible condition along the interface is considered. Closed-form solutions of resultant forces, deformations, and interface stresses are obtained for each sub-layer in the bi-layer beam, of which the local effects at the crack tip are demonstrated. In this study, an elastic deformable crack tip model is presented for the first time which can improve the split beam solution. The present model is in excellent agreements with analytical 2-D continuum solutions and finite element analyses. The resulting crack tip rotation is then used to calculate the energy release rate (ERR) and stress intensity factor (SIF) of interface fracture in bi-layer materials. Explicit closed-form solutions for ERR and SIF are obtained for which both the transverse shear and crack tip deformation effects are accounted. Compared to the full continuum elasticity analysis, such as finite element analysis, the present solutions are much explicit, more applicable, while comparable in accuracy. Further, the concept of deformable crack tip model can be applied to other bi-layer beam analyses (e.g., delamination buckling and vibration, etc.).     

Extended meshless method based on partition of unity for solving multiple crack problems

An extended meshless method based on partition of unity was used in this study to simulate multiple cracks. The cracks are implicitly denoted by a jump in the displacement field function, which has nodes that have domains of influence completely segmented by cracks. Nodes whose domains of influence are partially segmented by cracks are extended by the crack tip singularity function. The influence domain of a node is independent of cracks so that the sparsity of the system equations should not be affected by cracks and the computing time should not increase with the effect of the cracks. Additionally, r ^?1/2 singularity can be accurately reproduced at the crack tip. Compared with the modified intrinsic enriched meshless method, our method has a higher computational efficiency and precision. Several numerical examples show that the extended meshless method based on partition of unity is feasible and effective in simulating multiple cracks.     

Stress and strain field near tip of mode III growing crack in materials with creep behavior

Using a proposed constitutive relation for materials with creep behavior, the stress and strain distribution near the tip of a Mode III growing crack is examined. Asymptotic equations of the crack tip field are derived and solved numerically. The stresses remain finite at the crack tip. Obtained qualitatively is the crack tip velocity and the local autonomy of the near tip field solution is discussed.     

Analysis of crack extension in anisotropic materials based on local normal stress

The normal stress ratio theory is applied to predict crack extension behavior in center-notched unidirectional graphite-epoxy of arbitrary fiber axis orientation, subjected to arbitrary far-field planar loading. The theory is applied within analytical solutions for two infinite plate geometries: a plate with a sharp center crack, and a plate with an elliptical center flaw. A critical analytical case is identified suggesting that application of the theory within a stress solution modelling crack tip shape may increase the accuracy of crack growth direction predictions. Crack extension direction, location of crack extension, and critical stress predictions of the theory are compared to those obtained from experiments on specimens subjected to tensile, shear, and mixed-mode far-field loading. The comparison shows that, applied within each analytical solution, the normal stress ratio theory provides verifiable predictions of crack growth behavior. By modelling actual notch tip shape, the elliptical notch solution is able to provide accurate qualitative predictions of the origin of crack extension along the periphery of a cut notch tip in a way that the sharp crack analysis cannot. The sharp notch solution appears to provide slightly more accurate crack growth direction predictions, however. Also, in predicting critical applied far-field stresses, the sharp crack solution appears to exhibit a stronger ability to model subtle experimental trends.     

直接增强自然单元法计算应力强度因子

自然单元法是一种新兴的无网格数值计算方法,但应用于裂纹问题计算时,其近似函数并不能准确反映裂纹尖端渐进应力场的奇异性,为获得足够的计算精度,需要在缝尖附近增大结点的布置密度。针对裂纹问题提出一种增强的自然单元法,将缝尖渐近位移场函数嵌入到自然单元法近似函数中,给出了增强试函数的构造方法,推导了总体刚度矩阵和荷载列阵的相关列式。应力强度因子可以作为附加未知量直接算得,也可用J积分或相互作用能量积分方法进行计算,对增强区域的选择和影响进行了分析。算例结果表明,基于增强自然单元法采用围线积分方法计算应力强度因子具有很高的精度,但直接以附加结点自由度形式计算则精度有所降低。