POWER REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION IN BEAM STRUCTURES CONTAINING A SEMI-INFINITE CRACK

Wave reflection and transmission in a beam containing a semi-infinite crack are studied analytically based on Timoshenko beam theory., Two kinds of crack surface conditions： non-contact （open） and fully contact （closed） cracks, are considered respectively for an isotropic beam. The analytical solution of reflection and transmission coefficients for a semi-infinite crack is obtained. The power reflection and transmission ratios depend on both the frequency and the position of the crack. Numerical results show the conservation of power transport. The transmitted energy among various wave modes is also investigated. A finite element method is used to verify the validity of the analytical results.     

Closed form solution of stress intensity factors for cracks emanating from surface semi-spherical cavity in finite body with energy release rate method

In this paper, a new semi-analytical and semi-engineering method of the closed form solution of stress intensity factors (SIFs) of cracks emanating from a surface semi-spherical cavity in a finite body is derived using the energy release rate theory. A mode of crack opening displacements of a normal slice is established, and the normal slice relevant functions are introduced. The proposed method is both effective and accurate for the problem of three-dimensional cracks emanating from a surface cavity. A series of useful results of SIFs are obtained.     

球形封闭容器内一个简单的煤粉燃烧爆炸模型

在分析了大量球形封闭容器内煤粉燃烧爆炸实验数据基础上，考虑了煤粉燃烧爆炸机理所涉及的湍流燃烧、相变、各种化学反应动力学过程等复杂因素，并且对球形封闭容器内由于煤粉混合不均匀造成的燃烧不充分给予了考虑，得到了球形封闭容器内煤粉燃烧爆炸特征的数值计算结果，计算的压力－时间曲线与实验结果符合较好。     

连铸板坯热轧中角部裂纹变化的研究

采用有限元方法对轧件角部横向和纵向裂纹在多道次立-平轧制过程中变形行为进行了模拟,分析了裂纹的闭合与扩展行为．结果表明:采用平立辊,裂纹很好闭合,但变形程度大,可能延伸和往轧件顶面移动,对角部横向裂纹,裂纹尖端节点往外扩散,对三角形横向和纵向裂纹,裂纹可能发生折叠;采用孔型立辊,立轧后,轧件裂纹很好地闭合,平轧后,横向和侧面纵向裂纹可能被拉开,顶面纵向裂纹闭合较好,只有三角形横向裂纹可能发生折叠．     

A Self-Similar Crack Expansion method for three-dimensional cracks in an infinite or semi-infinite medium

The Self-Similar Crack Expansion (SSCE) method is used to calculate stress intensity factors for three-dimensional cracks in an infinite medium or semi-infinite medium by the boundary integral element technique, whereby, the stress intensity factors at crack tips are determined by calculating the crack-opening displacements over the crack surface. For elements on the crack surface, regular integrals and singular integrals are precisely evaluated based on closed form expressions, which improves the accuracy. Examples show that this method yields very accurate results for stress intensity factors of penny-shaped cracks and elliptical cracks in the full space, with errors of less than 1% as compared with analytical solutions. The stress intensity factors of subsurface cracks are in good agreement with other analytical solutions.     

Static analysis of Euler–Bernoulli beams with multiple unilateral cracks under combined axial and transverse loads

The paper deals with the static analysis of pre-damaged Euler–Bernoulli beams with any number of unilateral cracks and subjected to tensile or compression forces combined with arbitrary transverse loads. The mathematical representation of cracks with a bilateral behaviour (i.e. always open) via Dirac delta functions is extended by introducing a convenient switching variable, which allows each crack to be open or closed depending on the sign of the axial strain at the crack centre. The proposed model leads to analytical solutions, which depend on four integration constants (to be computed by enforcing the boundary conditions) along with the Boolean switching variables associated with the cracks (whose role is to turn on and off the additional flexibility due to the presence of the cracks). An efficient computational procedure is also presented and numerically validated. For this purpose, the proposed approach is applied to two pre-damaged beams, with different damage and loading conditions, and the results so obtained are compared against those given by a standard finite element code (in which the correct opening of the cracks is pre-assigned), always showing a perfect agreement.     

Surface acoustic wave measurements of small fatigue cracks initiated from a surface cavity

A model for the low frequency scattering of a surface acoustic wave by a surface cylindrical cavity with two corner cracks is presented. It is applied to determine the depth of the small fatigue cracks initiated from a pit-type surface flaw. The general scattering formalism based on the elastodynamic reciprocity principle is employed. The effect of the cylindrical cavity on the surface wave reflection from cracks is considered using an approximate stress intensity factor for the corner cracks. In situ surface acoustic wave measurements have been performed during fatigue tests for an Al 2024-T3 sample. The surface wave signal was acquired continuously at different cyclic load levels. The model is verified by comparing calculated reflection signals and spectra with those from experiments. The depths of fully and partially open cracks are determined from the predicted and the measured surface wave reflections. The surface wave reflection is observed to be sensitive to crack closure.     

裂隙挤喷流对孔隙介质排水体积模量的影响

实际岩石比如沉积形成的岩石往往是裂隙和孔隙并存的孔隙介质. 由于扁状的裂隙与近似球形或圆管形的孔隙具有不同的可压缩性,当孔隙介质受压时,液体会从易压缩的裂隙中挤出流入不易压缩的孔隙中,这种挤喷流会引起弹性模量的频散和能量的耗散. 着重研究了裂隙挤喷流和液体可压缩性对孔道变形的影响,推导出了动载荷作用下排水体积模量的表达式. 与挤喷流相关的裂隙附加柔度会引起排水体积模量随频率变化,使得孔隙介质呈现黏弹性. 频率越高,模量的实部越大,岩石抵抗变形的能力越强. 而模量的虚部体现了挤喷流对能量的耗散. 裂隙密度主要决定模量频散的幅度以及能量耗散的强度,且裂隙密度越大,模量频散幅度越大,能量耗散也越强. 裂隙的纵横比主要决定模量频散速率最快或能量耗散最强时对应的特征频率. 若孔隙介质中不含有裂隙,即裂隙密度是0时,排水体积模量退化为Biot理论中的排水体积模量.     

Analysis of three-dimensional edge cracks under tensile loading

Three-dimensional edge cracks are analyzed using the Self-Similar Crack Expansion (SSCE) method with a boundary integral equation technique. The boundary integral equations for surface cracks in a half space are presented based on a half space Green's function (Mindlin, 1936). By using the SSCE method, the stress intensity factors are determined by the crack-opening displacement over the crack surface. In discrete boundary integral equations, the regular and singular integrals on the crack surface elements are evaluated by an analytical method, and the closed form expressions of the integrals are given for subsurface cracks and edge crakcs. This globally numerical and locally analytical method improves the solution accuracy and computational effort. Numerical results for edge cracks under tensile loading with various geometries, such as rectangular cracks, elliptical cracks, and semi-circular cracks, are presented using the SSCE method. Results for stress intensity factors of those surface breaking cracks are in good agreement with other numerical and analytical solutions.     

Research for the strain energy release rate of complex cracks by using point-by-point closed extrapolation approach

IntroductionTheresearchforcalculatingstrainenergyreleaserateisaveryimportanttaskforsolvingfracturemechanicsproblems.Inthepreviouscalculationforenergyreleaserate,externalforceworkwassubtractedbystrainenergy ,whichisthemethodoffreeenergy[1],thenodalforcesandnodaldisplacementsbetweentopandbottomsurfacesofcrackwasalsousedtocalculateenergyreleaserate[2 - 5 ].Theyarebothapproximatecalculations.Theformeriscomplex ,althoughtherearesomeadvisablefeaturesindefinition ,andawholecalculationforstrainenergy …     

Eshebly tensors for a finite spherical domain with an axisymmetric inclusion

In recent papers the finite Eshelby tensors for a concentrically placed spherical inclusion in a finite spherical domain have been computed and applied to numerous micromechanical problems. The present work is the extension of the computation of finite Eshelby tensors to general inclusions that are axisymmetric with respect to enclosing spherical domain. The problem of finding the finite Eshelby tensors is transformed into the integral equation. It is shown in the paper that the integral equation has a unique solution. Existence of the solution is proved by exploiting the symmetry of the problem which induce invariant subspaces of the integral equation. In the particular case for a excentrically placed spherical inclusion the problem is explicitly solved. Using computer algebra the solution is found in a closed form up to the second order.     

Curve cracks lying along a parabolic curve in anisotropic body

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Morphological evolution during diffusive healing of internal cracks within grains of α-iron

Micron-sized internal cracks were introduced into rounded bars of pure iron by low cycle fatigue, and the cracks had irregular penny-shaped morphology with the critical diameter of about 30μm and the thickness of 0.5–1.5μm. The initiation and propagation of the cracks were investigated quantitatively as well as their location and geometry. After vacuum annealing of the samples fatigued, the morphology in a two-dimensional longitudinal section of cracks within grains had evolved from initially elliptical one into arrays of spherical voids controlled by surface diffusion. Furthermore, a typical morphology for a broken crack with a center spherical void surrounded by outer doughnut-like cavities was observed along a perpendicular section of the specimen. Subsequently the spherical voids shrink and diminish gradually dominated by bulk diffusion. A physical model to heal an internal microcrack was proposed, in particular for the various healing stages controlled by the related dominant diffusion mechanism and their dependencies upon the morphology and geometry of an original micro-crack in materials. The project supported by the National Outstanding Young Investigator Grant of China (59925104) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (59889101)     

Thermoelastic interactions without energy dissipation in an unbounded body with a spherical cavity subjected to harmonically varying temperature

The present work is concerned with the thermally induced vibration in a homogeneous and isotropic unbounded body with a spherical cavity. The Green and Nagdhi model of thermoelasticity without energy dissipation is employed. The closed form solutions for distributions of displacement, temperature and stresses are obtained. The solutions valid in the case of small frequency are deduced and the results are compared with the corresponding results obtained in other generalized thermoelasticity theories. Numerical results applicable to a copper-like material are also presented graphically and the nature of variations of the physical quantities with radial coordinate and with frequency of vibration is analyzed.     

Scattering of a pulsed Rayleigh wave by a spherical cavity in an elastic half space

The time-dependent scattering by a spherical cavity in an elastic half space is considered. The incoming wave is a pulsed Rayleigh wave. The stationary part of the problem is solved by the T-matrix method, and an integration in frequency is performed with a modified gaussian weight function. The displacement components at some points on the surface of the half space are computed and shown in a number of plots.     

Elastic interaction of spherical nanoinhomogeneities with Gurtin-Murdoch type interfaces

A complete solution has been obtained for the problem of multiple interacting spherical inhomogeneities with a Gurtin-Murdoch interface model that includes both surface tension and surface stiffness effects. For this purpose, a vectorial spherical harmonics-based analytical technique is developed. This technique enables solution of a wide class of elasticity problems in domains with spherical boundaries/interfaces and makes fulfilling the vectorial boundary or interface conditions a routine procedure. A general displacement solution of the single-inhomogeneity problem is sought in a form of a series of the vectorial solutions of the Lame equation. This solution is valid for any non-uniform far-field load and it has a closed form for polynomial loads. The superposition principle and re-expansion formulas for the vectorial solutions of the Lame equation extend this theory to problems involving multiple inhomogeneities. The developed semi-analytical technique precisely accounts for the interactions between the nanoinhomogeneities and constitutes an efficient computational tool for modeling nanocomposites. Numerical results demonstrate the accuracy and numerical efficiency of the approach and show the nature and extent to which the elastic interactions between the nanoinhomogeneities with interface stress affect the elastic fields around them.     

Low frequency scattering by a finite cone

The scattering of a low frequency electromagnetic wave by a metallic cone, whose base is part of a spherical surface centered on the apex of the cone, is analyzed using a mode matching technique. The dipole contributions to the scattering are obtained in complete generality, and numerical results are presented for a wide range of cone angles. Comparisons of the computed data with the predictions of an empirical formula for the scattering reveal both the strengths and weaknesses of the latter.This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant GP 9642.     

Limit equilibrium of a transversely isotropic spherical shell with two surface cracks

An analog of the δ _c -model is used to reduce the limit-equilibrium problem for a transversely isotropic spherical shell with surface cracks to a system of integral equations. An algorithm for numerical solution of this system is proposed     

Stress intensity factors for three-dimensional cracks in functionally graded materials using enriched finite elements

A three-dimensional enriched finite-element methodology is presented to compute stress intensity factors for three-dimensional cracks contained in functionally graded materials (FGMs). A general-purpose 3D finite-element based fracture analysis program, FRAC3D, is enhanced to include this capability. First, using available solutions from the literature, comparisons have been made in terms of stresses under different loading conditions, such as uniform tensile, bending and thermal loads. Mesh refinement studies are also performed. The fracture solutions are obtained for edge cracks in an FGM strip and surface cracks in a finite-thickness FGM plate and compared with existing solutions in the literature. Further analyses are performed to study the behavior of stress intensity factor near the free surface where crack front terminates. It is shown that three-dimensional enriched finite elements provide accurate and efficient fracture solutions for three-dimensional cracks contained in functionally graded materials.     

Discrete bright–dark soliton solutions and parameters controlling for the coupled Ablowitz–Ladik equation

Analysis of piecewise-linear nonlinear dynamical systems is critical for a variety of civil, mechanical, and aerospace structures that contain gaps or prestress that are caused by cracks, delamination, joints or interfaces among components. Recently, a technique referred to as bilinear amplitude approximation (BAA) was developed to estimate the response of bilinear systems that have no gap or prestress. The method is based on an idea that the dynamics of a bilinear system can be treated as a combination of linear responses in two time intervals both of which the system behaves as a distinct linear system: (1) the open state and (2) the closed or sliding state. Both geometric and momentum constraints are then applied as compatibility conditions between the states to couple the linear vibrational response for each time interval. In order to estimate the response for more general cases where there are either gaps or prestress in the system, a generalized BAA method is proposed in this paper. The new method requires inclusion of contact stiffness and damping to model contact behavior in the sliding state, and new equilibrium positions for each state to establish proper coordinates. The new method also finds the bilinear frequency of the system, which cannot be computed using the bilinear frequency approximation method previously developed since that method is only accurate for the zero gap and no prestress case. The generalized BAA method is demonstrated on a single degree of freedom system, a three degree of freedom system, and a cracked cantilever beam model for various gap sizes and prestress levels.