Residual stresses in a closed cylindrical shell with a longitudinal crack

We study the influence of the residual stresses on the size and character of the variations in the strain intensity and moment intensity coefficients in a closed cylindrical shell welded together from two parts and under the action of axisymmetric loads. We perform a numerical analysis in the case when the shell with residual stresses is acted on by internal pressure.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 27, 1988, pp. 40–45.     

On a walk in a strip with inhibitory boundaries

In the paper we have obtained ergodic theorems for walks generated by sums of stationarily connected random variables and two inhibitory boundaries. We have found representations for the steady-state distributions, permitting us to obtain in the case of independent summands a whole series of useful formulas. We discuss the connection of the results established with problems from queueing theory.     

A strip with a boundary crack under the action of a heat source

We study the influence of instantaneous heat sources on the stress-strain state and the stress intensity coefficients of a strip with a boundary crack. It is assumed that mixed homogeneous boundary conditions are given on the boundaries of the strip while the lateral surfaces are thermally insulated.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 36, 1992, pp. 97–101.     

Thermal stresses in an elastic sphere containing a penny-shaped crack

Zusammenfassung Es wird der Spannungszustand in einer elastischen Kugel untersucht, die im Zentrum einen münzenförmigen Riss mit konstanter Oberflächentemperatur besitzt, während die sphärische Oberfläche auf der Temperatur null gehalten wird. Dabei wird angenommen, dass an der Oberfläche a) die Schubspannung und die radiale Verschiebung, b) die Normalspannung und die Schubspannung null sind.

---

---

This work was supported by a C.S.I.R. grant No. 3(277)/69-GAU-II.     

Dynamic stresses in a compound body with circular crack under sliding contact on an interface

We have considered the three-dimensional problem of harmonic loading of a circular crack in an elastic composite consisting of two dissimilar half-spaces under sliding contact on the surface of their bonding. The defect is situated in one of the half-spaces perpendicularly to the interface of materials. Using the representations of solutions in the form of Helmholtz potentials, we have reduced the problem to a boundary integral equation for the function of dynamic defect opening. Based on the numerical solution of this equation, we have obtained the frequency dependences of mode I stress intensity factor near the crack for different relations between the elastic moduli of components of the composite and the depths of crack location with respect to the interface.     

On the Helmholtz equation in a strip with penetrable boundary

Rostov State University. Translated from Funktsional'nyi Analiz i Ego Prilozheniya, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 92–94, July–September, 1994.     

An experimental-analytical hybrid model for the elasto-plastic stresses at a crack

The primary obstacle preventing the analytical determination of physically sensible stresses at a crack tip is the presence of a mathematical singularity there. This singularity is best known in its elastic form; however it persists even in elasto-plastic crack-tip stresses. To overcome the difficulty we adopt the following strategy: we attempt to capture initial elastic stresses experimentally, than track subsequent elasto-plastic stress distributions analytically.We infer a finite stress at a crack tip from the experimental behaviour of cracked specimens at fracture when the specimens are made of a truly brittle material. Given a size-independent result, we argue that the crack-tip stress at fracture must equal the ultimate stress for such a material; thus dividing by the applied stress at the same point gives a measure of the stress concentration factor, K_T. The approach is checked for size independence and against hole configurations with known theoretical, yet physically reasonable, K_T. Then the effective experimental KT are taken as inputs for the second phase of the study in which we model the crack as being a smooth notch having the same stress concentration factor as found experimentally. In this way our configuration initially shares the same stresses at the crack tip as we inferred physically. Next we track effects of incremental plastic flow on a set of finite element grids. Satisfactory resolution in return for modest computational effort is obtained by employing a substructuring method. The accuracy in both the elastic and the elasto-plastic regime is checked against trial problems with exact solutions. Thereafter, physically interpretable stress distributions ahead of the crack are determined for a range of materials and for varying load levels.     

On a problem of viscous strip deformation with a free boundary

We consider a class of solutions to the 2D Navier-Stokes equations in a strip such that the longitudinal component of velocity is a linear function of the longitudinal coordinate while the transversal component and the pressure do not depend on this coordinate. One of the strip boundaries is free and the other boundary can be a solid wall or free too. We formulate conditions for a global solvability in time of corresponding initial boundary value problems, describe their asymptotic properties, give examples of exact solutions, study blowing up solutions in the case when the both strip boundaries are free.     

On the equilibrium of a two-layer elastic body with a crack

We analyze a free boundary value problem that describes an equilibrium state of a two-layer elastic body with a crack. The existence of a solution is proved. Invariant integrals over curves surrounding the crack tip are found. Passages to the limit are studied as the rigidity parameter of the layer vanishes.     

On subcritical development of a shear crack in a composite with viscoelastic components

We present results of an investigation of the development of a transverse shear crack in a composite material with linearly viscoelastic components under external shear load. The solution is divided into the following two main stages: determination of the time dependence of the crack tip opening displacement and determination of the crack-growth kinetics as a result of the solution of integral equations. In the first stage, we use the solution of the corresponding elastic problem of determination of the crack opening displacement and the problem of determination of the effective moduli of the composite reinforced with unidirectional discrete fibers. Using the theoretically proved principle of elasto-viscoelastic analogy and the method of Laplace inverse transformation, we obtain a solution in a time domain. In the second stage, using the criterion of critical crack opening displacement for a transverse shear crack and an equation for the viscoelastic crack opening displacement of this crack, we construct an equation of crack growth. We present results of the numerical solution, which illustrate the influence of relations between the relaxation parameters of the materials of the components on the durability of the body with a crack.     

On the sojourn time of a random walk in a strip

We obtain asymptotic representations for the triple transforms of the joint distribution of the sojourn time of a random walk in a strip (as well as in a half-plane) in n steps and of the location at time n under the condition of unboundedly moving-off boundaries of the sets. The Cramér type conditions are imposed on the distribution of jumps.     

Steady-state thermal stresses in an infinite elastic medium containing an annular crack

An axisymmetric steady-state thermoelastic problem of an infinite isotropic medium containing an annular crack is considered. The faces of the crack are exposed to prescribed temperature distribution. The normal components of stress and displacement on the crack plane and the stress-intensity factors at the boundaries of the crack are expressed in power series in terms of the ratio between the radii of the inner and outer boundaries. These are illustrated graphically.     

Flow in a circular tube with a centred strip

The flow in a circular tube with a centred strip or vaned coreis studied by domain decomposition and matching. It is foundthat even a very small core has considerable effect on the velocityand the flow rate. Asymptotic solutions for the elliptic tubewith a centred strip and the circular tube with a circular coresuggest an inverse logarithmic singularity as the core approacheszero.     

On the spectrum of the Dirichlet Laplacian in a narrow strip

We consider the Dirichlet Laplacian Δ_∈ in a family of bounded domains {−a < x < b, 0 < y < εh(x)}. The main assumption is that x = 0 is the only point of global maximum of the positive, continuous function h(x). We find the two-term asymptotics in ε → 0 of the eigenvalues and the one-term asymptotics of the corresponding eigenfunctions. The asymptotic formulas obtained involve the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of an auxiliary ODE on ℝ that depends on the behavior of h(x) as x → 0. The proof is based on a detailed study of the resolvent of the operator Δ_∈.