| Abstract: | A new elastic-viscoplastic mode was proposed to analyze the stress and strain fields surrounding the tip of a propagating mode Ⅰ cracks. A proper displacement pattern was suggested and asymptotic equations were derived, and numerical solutions were illustrated. The analysis and calculation show that the crack-tip field is of logarithmic singularity for smaller viscosity, however no solution exists for large viscosity. By a careful analysis and comparison, it is found that the present results retain all merits of those given by Gao Yu-chen, while removing existing problems. |
