Exact Analytical Solutions of Three-Dimensional Static Thermoelastic Problems for a Transversally Isotropic Body in Curvilinear Coordinate Systems

An approach to the solution of three-dimensional static thermoelastic problems for a transversally isotropic (the case of rectangular anisotropy) body is proposed. The results of construction of the general analytic solutions to thermoelastic problems for canonical bodies are systematized. The exact analytic solutions of three-dimensional problems are obtained. It is assumed that the bodies under consideration are thermoelastic and their boundary surface corresponds to the coordinate surfaces in coordinate systems that allow separating the variables in the three-dimensional Laplace equation. The stress concentration near cavities and inclusions is studied. The stress intensity factors near elliptic and hyperbolic cracks are determined. Formulas are presented for the stress intensity factors on the surface of a rigid elliptic inclusion and inside the body near a homogeneity under various thermal effects     

Exact Analytical Solutions of Static Electroelastic and Thermoelectroelastic Problems for a Transversely Isotropic Body in Curvilinear Coordinate Systems

An approach to the solution of three-dimensional static problems for a transversely isotropic (rectilinear anisotropy) body is expounded and the solutions for piezoceramic canonical bodies are systematized. The result of the study is explicit analytical solutions of three-dimensional problems. Bodies are examined whose boundary surface is the coordinate surfaces in coordinate systems that permit the separation of the variables in the three-dimensional Laplace equation. The stress concentration in bodies near necks, cavities, inclusions, and cracks is investigated. The stress intensity factors of the force field and electric induction near elliptic and parabolic cracks are determined. The contact interaction of a piezoceramic half-space with elliptic and parabolic dies is studied. The bodies are under various mechanical, thermal, and electric loads     

Corner stress singularities in an FGM thin plate

Describing the behaviors of stress singularities correctly is essential for obtaining accurate numerical solutions of complicated problems with stress singularities. This analysis derives asymptotic solutions for functionally graded material (FGM) thin plates with geometrically induced stress singularities. The classical thin plate theory is used to establish the equilibrium equations for FGM thin plates. It is assumed that the Young’s modulus varies along the thickness and Poisson’s ratio is constant. The eigenfunction expansion method is employed to the equilibrium equations in terms of displacement components for an asymptotic analysis in the vicinity of a sharp corner. The characteristic equations for determining the stress singularity order at the corner vertex and the corresponding corner functions are explicitly given for different combinations of boundary conditions along the radial edges forming the sharp corner. The non-homogeneous elasticity properties are present only in the characteristic equations corresponding to boundary conditions involving simple support. Finally, the effects of material non-homogeneity following a power law on the stress singularity orders are thoroughly examined by showing the minimum real values of the roots of the characteristic equations varying with the material properties and vertex angle.     

Construction of Equivalent Axisymmetric Bodies for Calculating Heat Transfer and Viscous Stress on Three-Dimensional Bodies at Incidence

An effective approximate technique for calculating heat transfer, viscous stress, and species components on the windward side of three-dimensional bodies at incidence in hypersonic flow is developed. Using the similarity method, the solution of the three-dimensional problem is reduced to the solution of an axisymmetric problem. For determining the heat flux on a real body, modified two-dimensional equations are solved for equivalent axisymmetric bodies, specially constructed for meridional planes of the original body. For an arbitrary three-dimensional geometry and angle of attack formulas are derived and a conversion program is developed. These make it possible to determine all the parameters of the equivalent body corresponding to a given meridional plane of the original body; then these parameters are used as input data for calculating the viscous flow past the body. The solutions of the two-dimensional equations for the equivalent bodies are in good agreement with more exact solutions of the three-dimensional equations.     

Exact solutions of equations of rotationally symmetric motion of an ideal incompressible liquid

A partially invariant solution of the Euler equations is considered, where the vertical component of velocity is a function of the vertical coordinate and time, whereas the remaining components of velocity and pressure are independent of the polar angle in a cylindrical coordinate system. Using the classification of equations obtained by analysis of an overdetermined system, we consider two hyperbolic systems: the first one describes the motion of a cylindrical layer of an ideal incompressible liquid under a punch, and the second system allows obtaining solutions in a halfcylinder with singularities at the axis of symmetry. A class of new exact solutions is obtained, which describe vortex motion of an ideal incompressible liquid, including the motion with singularities (sources of vortices) located along the axis of symmetry.     

Exact Solutions for a Thick Elastic Plate with a Thin Elastic Surface Layer

A procedure has been developed in previous papers for constructing exact solutions of the equations of linear elasticity in a plate (not necessarily thin) of inhomogeneous isotropic linearly elastic material in which the elastic moduli depend in any specified manner on a coordinate normal to the plane of the plate. The essential idea is that any solution of the classical equations for a hypothetical thin plate or laminate (which are two-dimensional theories) generates, by straightforward substitutions, a solution of the three-dimensional elasticity equations for the inhomogeneous material. In this paper we consider a thick plate of isotropic elastic material with a thin surface layer of different isotropic elastic material. It is shown that the interface tractions and in-plane stress discontinuities are determined only by the initial two-dimensional solution, without recourse to the three-dimensional elasticity theory. Two illustrative examples are described.     

Singularities of the boundary layer equations and the structure of the flow in the vicinity of the convergence plane on conical bodies

The singularities of the boundary layer equations and the laminar viscous gas flow structure in the vicinity of the convergence plane on sharp conical bodies at incidence are analyzed. In the outer part of the boundary layer the singularities are obtained in explicit form. It is shown that in the vicinity of a singularity a boundary domain, in which the flow is governed by the shortened Navier-Stokes equations, is formed; their regular solutions are obtained. The viscous-inviscid interaction effect predominates in a region whose extent is of the order of the square root of the boundary layer thickness, in which the flow is described by a two-layer model, namely, the Euler equations in the slender-body approximation for the outer region and the three-dimensional boundary layer equations; the pressure is determined from the interaction conditions. On the basis of an analysis of the solutions for the outer part of the boundary layer it is shown that interaction leads to attenuation of the singularities and the dependence of the nature of the flow on the longitudinal coordinate, but does not make it possible to eliminate the singularities completely.     

Continuity violation trajectories in perfectly plastic bodies

The consistency equations for the increments of small strains in a triorthogonal isostatic coordinate system supplemented with additional relations between the physical components of the inconsistency tensor are considered. There are six significant consistency equations. It is proved that, for the stress states corresponding to the edge of the Coulomb-Tresca prism, there are only three independent consistency equations. Systems of independent consistency equations written in the isostatic coordinate mesh are explicitly indicated and studied. Sufficient conditions for the remaining three consistency equations to be satisfied if the three independent consistency equations are satisfied are obtained. It is shown that the continuity violations on the surface of a perfectly plastic body propagate into the depth of the body along asymptotic lines on the layers of a vector field indicating the directions of the maximum principal normal stress. Since the asymptotic lines are less curved than any other lines on the surface (in the sense that the normal curvature of the asymptotic lines is zero), the continuity violations propagate into a perfectly plastic body along the least curved trajectories, which permits one to speak of the minimum curving of crack propagation trajectories in perfectly plastic rigid bodies.     

ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS OF MODE I STEADY GROWTH CRACK IN MATERIALS UNDER CREEP CONDITIONS

An asymptotic analysis is made on problems with a steady-state crack growth coupled with a creep law model under tensile loads. Asymptotic equations of crack tip fields in creep materials are derived and solved numerically under small scale conditions. Stress and strain functions are adopted under a polar coordinate system. The governing equations of asymptotic fields are obtained by inserting the stress field and strain field into the material law. The crack growth rate rather than fracture criterion plays an important role in the crack tip fields of materials with creep behavior.     

Stabilization law for transonic flows around bodies of revolution

A mathematical foundation is presented for the law of gas-parameter stabilization during near-sonic flow of a stream around bodies, which is known in experimental aerodynamics. The quantitative formulation of this law relies on a simple asymptotic analysis of the solutions of the Karman equations. The numerical computation performed for the velocity field around a body of revolution whose meridian section is a Chaplygin profile confirmed the deductions of asymptotic theory to high accuracy.     

Asymptotics of solutions of the three-dimensional elasticity equations for compressible and incompressible bodies

We analyze the leading terms in the general asymptotic expansions of solutions of the first boundary value problem of three-dimensional elasticity in displacements. The cases of compressible and incompressible bodies, which have substantially different statements, are considered separately. The minimum-to-maximum ratio of characteristic dimensions of the elastic body is a natural small asymptotic parameter. The third dimension can be of any “intermediate” order, including the endpoints. For example, such a geometry is typical of bodies that simultaneously have characteristic macro-, micro-, and nano-dimensions in three coordinate axes.     

A Symmetric Galerkin BEM for Harmonic Problems and Multiconnected Bodies

A steady state harmonic solution of Navier equations of motion is presented using the symmetric Galerkin Boundary Element Method, which leads to a symmetric system of equations. For the integration, a two-step regularisation process is proposed to deal with the singularities of the involved kernels. It is also shown that the standard application of the symmetric Galerkin methodology for multiply connected bodies leads to the deterioration of the conditioning of the system for low frequencies. Two examples are presented comparing the solutions obtained with the proposed formulation with those obtained with the standard collocation method. A third example is presented to illustrate the behaviour of a simple multi-connected body.     

The Influence of Moduli Slope of a Linearly Graded Matrix on the Bulk Moduli of Some Particle- and Fiber-Reinforced Composites

The stored energy functional of a homogeneous isotropic elastic body is invariant with respect to translation and rotation of a reference configuration. One can use Noether's Theorem to derive the conservation laws corresponding to these invariant transformations. These conservation laws provide an alternative way of formulating the system of equations governing equilibrium of a homogeneous isotropic body. The resulting system is mathematically identical to the system of equilibrium equations and constitutive relations, generally, of another material. This implies that each solution of the system of equilibrium equations gives rise to another solution, which describes the reciprocal deformation and solves the system of equilibrium equations of another material. In this paper we derive conservation laws and prove the theorem on conjugate solutions for two models of elastic homogeneous isotropic bodies – the model of a simple material and the model of a material with couple stress (Cosserat continuum). This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Stress concentration of an ellipsoidal inclusion of revolution in a semi-infinite body under biaxial tension

Summary This paper deals with the stress concentration problem of an ellipsoidal inclusion of revolution in a semi-infinite body under biaxial tension. The problem is formulated as a system of singular integral equations with Cauchy-type or logarithmic-type singularities, where unknowns are densities of body forces distributed in the r- and z-directions in semi-infinite bodies having the same elastic constants as the ones of the matrix and inclusion. In order to satisfy the boundary conditions along the ellipsoidal boundary, four fundamental density functions proposed in [24, 25] are used. The body-force densities are approximated by a linear combination of fundamental density functions and polynomials. The present method is found to yield rapidly converging numerical results for stress distribution along the boundaries even when the inclusion is very close to the free boundary. The effect of the free surface on the stress concentration factor is discussed with varying the distance from the surface, the shape ratio and the elastic modulus ratio. The present results are compared with the ones of an ellipsoidal cavity in a semi-infinite body.accepted for publication 11 November 2003     

Elastic-plastic fields near crack tip growing step-by-step in a perfectly plastic solid

In this paper, based on the three-dimensional flow theory of plasticity, the fundametal equations for plane strain problem of elastic-perfectly plastic solids are presented. By using these equations the elastic-plastic fields near the crack tip growing step-by-step in an elastic incompressible-perfectly plastic solid are analysed.The first order asymptotic solutions for the stress field and velocity fields near the crack tip are obtained. The solutions show the evolution process of elastic unloading domain and the development process of central fan domain and reveal the possibility of the presence of the secondary plastic domain. The second order asymptotic solution for stress field is also presented.     

Vortex Scattering of Monatomic Gas Along Plane Curves

An invariant submodel of gas dynamics equations constructed on a three-dimensional subalgebra with a projective operator for the case of monatomic gas is under consideration. The submodel is reduced to an Abel equation, with integral curves constructed for it. For a separatrix of a saddle, an approximate solution is studied. Such solutions describe the vortex scattering of gas along plane curves placed on the surface of revolution.     

Wedge indentation into elastic-plastic single crystals, 1: Asymptotic fields for nearly-flat wedge

Asymptotic stress and deformation fields under the contact point singularities of a nearly-flat wedge indenter and of a flat punch are derived for elastic ideally-plastic single crystals with three effective in-plane slip systems that admit a plane strain deformation state. Face-centered cubic (FCC), body-centered cubic (BCC), and hexagonal-close packed (HCP) crystals are considered. The asymptotic fields for the flat punch are analogous to those at the tip of a stationary crack, so a potential solution is that the deformation field consists entirely of angular constant stress plastic sectors separated by rays of plastic deformation across which stresses change discontinuously. The asymptotic fields for a nearly-flat wedge indenter are analogous to those of a quasistatically growing crack tip fields in that stress discontinuities can not exist across sector boundaries. Hence, the asymptotic fields under the contact point singularities of a nearly-flat wedge indenter are significantly different than those under a flat punch. A family of solutions is derived that consists entirely of elastically deforming angular sectors separated by rays of plastic deformation across which the stress state is continuous. Such a solution can be found for FCC and BCC crystals, but it is shown that the asymptotic fields for HCP crystals must include at least one angular constant stress plastic sector. The structure of such fields is important because they play a significant role in the establishment of the overall fields under a wedge indenter in a single crystal. Numerical simulations—discussed in detail in a companion paper—of the stress and deformation fields under the contact point singularity of a wedge indenter for a FCC crystal possess the salient features of the analytical solution.     

Hamiltonian principle based stress singularity analysis near crack corners of multi-material junctions

This paper presents a new method for the stress singularity analysis near the crack corners of a multi-material junctions. The stress singularities near the crack corners of multi-dissimilar isotropic elastic material junctions are studied analytically in terms of the methods developed in Hamiltonian system. The governing equations of plane elasticity in a sectorial domain are derived in Hamiltonian form via variable substitution and variational principle respectively. Both of the methods of global state variable separation and symplectic eigenfunction expansion are used to find the analytical solution of the problem. The relationships among the state vectors in different material spaces are obtained by means of coordinate transformation and consistent conditions between the two adjacent domains. The expression of the original problem is thus changed into a new form where the solutions of symplectic generalized eigenvalues and eigenvectors are needed. The closed form of expressions is established for the stress singularity analysis near the corner with arbitrary vertex angles. Numerical results are presented with several chosen angles and multi-material constants. To show the potential of the new method proposed, a semi-analytical finite element is furthermore developed for the numerical analysis of crack problems.     

Exact solutions for free vibration of transversely isotropic piezoelectric circular plates

By employing the general solution for coupled three-dimensional equations of a transversely isotropic piezoelectric body, this paper investigates the free vibration of a circular plate made of piezoelectric material. Three-dimensional exact solutions are then obtained under two specified boundary conditions, which can be used for both axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric cases. Numerical results are finally presented. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 19872060)