Acoustic emission assessment of interface cracking in thermal barrier coatings

In this paper, acoustic emission (AE) and digital image correlation methods were applied to monitor interface cracking in thermal barrier coatings under compression. The interface failure process can be identified via its AE features, including buckling, delamination incubation and spallation. According to the Fourier transformation of AE signals, there are four different failure modes: surface vertical cracks, opening and sliding interface cracks, and substrate deformation. The characteristic frequency of AE signals from surface vertical cracks is 0.21 MHz, whilst that of the two types of interface cracks are 0.43 and 0.29 MHz, respectively. The energy released of the two types of interface cracks are 0.43 and 0.29 MHz, respectively. Based on the energy released from cracking and the AE signals, a relationship is established between the interface crack length and AE parameters, which is in good agreement with experimental results.     

A unified definition for stress intensity factors of interface corners and cracks

Based upon linear fracture mechanics, it is well known that the singular order of stresses near the crack tip in homogeneous materials is a constant value −1/2, which is nothing to do with the material properties. For the interface cracks between two dissimilar materials, the near tip stresses are oscillatory due to the order of singularity being −1/2 ± iε and −1/2. The oscillation index ε is a constant related to the elastic properties of both materials. While for the general interface corners, their singular orders depend on the corner angle as well as the elastic properties of the materials. Owing to the difference of the singular orders of homogeneous cracks, interface cracks and interface corners, their associated stress intensity factors are usually defined separately and even not compatibly. Since homogenous cracks and interface cracks are just special cases of interface corners, in order to build a direct connection among them a unified definition for their stress intensity factors is proposed in this paper. Based upon the analytical solutions obtained previously for the multibonded anisotropic wedges, the near tip solutions for the general interface corners have been divided into five different categories depending on whether the singular order is distinct or repeated, real or complex. To provide a stable and efficient computing approach for the general mixed-mode stress intensity factors, the path-independent H-integral based on reciprocal theorem of Betti and Rayleigh is established in this paper. The complementary solutions needed for calculation of H-integral are also provided in this paper. To illustrate our results, several different kinds of examples are shown such as cracks in homogenous isotropic or anisotropic materials, central or edge notches in isotropic materials, interface cracks and interface corners between two dissimilar materials.     

Dynamic stress intensity factors for two parallel interface cracks between a nonhomogeneous bonding layer and two dissimilar elastic half-planes subject to an impact load

Some composite materials are constructed of two dissimilar half-planes bonded by a nonhomogeneous elastic layer. In the present study, a crack is situated at the interface between the upper half-plane and the bonding layer of such a material, and another crack is located at the interface between the lower half-plane and the bonding layer. The material properties of the bonding layer vary continuously from those of the lower half-plane to those of the upper half-plane. Incoming shock stress waves impinge upon the two interface cracks normal to their surfaces. Fourier transformations were used to reduce the boundary conditions for the cracks to two pairs of dual integral equations in the Laplace domain. To solve these equations, the differences in the crack surface displacements were expanded in a series of functions that are zero-valued outside the cracks. The unknown coefficients in the series were solved using the Schmidt method so as to satisfy the conditions inside the cracks. The stress intensity factors were defined in the Laplace domain and were inverted numerically to physical space. Dynamic stress intensity factors were calculated numerically for selected crack configurations.     

ELASTIC SH WAVE PROPAGATION IN PERIODIC LAYERED COMPOSITES WITH A PERIODIC ARRAY OF INTERFACE CRACKS

The interaction of anti-plane elastic SH waves with a periodic array of interface cracks in a multi-layered periodic medium is analyzed in this paper. A perfect periodic structure without interface cracks is first studied and the transmission displacement coefficient is obtained based on the transfer matrix method in conjunction with the Bloch-Floquet theorem. This is then generalized to a single and periodic distribution of cracks at the center interface and the result is compared with that of perfect periodic cases without interface cracks. The dependence of the transmission displacement coefficient on the frequency of the incident wave, the influences of material combination, crack configuration and incident angle are discussed in detail. Compared with the corresponding perfect periodic structure without interface cracks, a new phenomenon is found in the periodic layered system with a single and periodic array of interface cracks.     

Electromechanical fracture analysis for corners and cracks in piezoelectric materials

Corners and cracks are usually studied separately in the literature. To build a bridge connecting these two different but similar topics, in this paper the solutions for piezoelectric multi-wedges, which cover corners and interface corners, are used to study the cracks and interface cracks in piezoelectric materials. Moreover, the stress/electric intensity factors defined for cracks, interface cracks and interface corners are also extended to the general corners. By taking the special feature of Stroh formalism for anisotropic elasticity, all the solutions presented in this paper for piezoelectric materials preserve the same matrix form as those of the corresponding anisotropic problems. To see more clearly about the piezoeffects on the corners and cracks, most of the complex matrix form solutions are expanded in real component form for two typical piezoelectric ceramics with different poling directions.     

纤维端部的界面裂纹分析

基于弹性力学空间轴对称问题的通解,研究了短纤维增强复合材料中纤维端部的轴对称币形和柱形界面裂纹尖端的应力奇异性,得到了裂纹尖端附近的奇异应力场．研究结果表明,这两种轴对称界面裂纹尖端的应力奇异性相同,并且与平面应变状态下相应模型的应力奇异性一致,材料性能对裂纹尖端附近奇异应力场的影响可用三个组合参数描述     

The periodic array of interface cracks and their interaction

A periodic array of interface cracks is considered as a simple model for studying interface crack interaction. The novel feature of the solution is the elimination of the oscillatory singularities and of the material overlapping which is accomplished by allowing frictionless contact zones at the crack tips. The results are obtained for a combination of shear and tension-compression loads applied at infinity. It is shown that the stress intnsity factors become smaller with decreasing distance between the cracks. This indicates that the spreading of an interface crack is inhibited by the presence of adjacent cracks.     

The collinear crack problem for an orthotropic functionally graded coating–substrate structure

A theoretical treatment of antiplane crack problem of two collinear cracks on the two sides of and perpendicular to the interface between a functionally graded orthotropic strip bonded to an orthotropic homogeneous substrate is put forward. Various internal cracks and crack terminating at the interface and crack crossing the interface configurations are investigated, respectively. The problem is formulated in terms of a singular integral equation with the crack face displacement as the unknown variable. The asymptotic stress field near the tip of a crack crossing the interface is examined, and it is shown that, unlike the corresponding stress field in piecewise homogeneous materials, in this case, the “kink” in material property at the interface does not introduce any singularity. Numerical calculations are carried out, and the influences of the orthotropy and nonhomogeneous parameters and crack interactions on the mode III stress intensity factors are investigated.     

Analysis of stress intensity factor in orthotropic bi-material mixed interface crack

Adopting the complex function approach, the paper studies the stress intensity factor in orthotropic bi-material interface cracks under mixed loads. With consideration of the boundary conditions, a new stress function is introduced to transform the problem of bi-material interface crack into a boundary value problem of partial differential equations. Two sets of non-homogeneous linear equations with 16 unknowns are constructed. By solving the equations, the expressions for the real bi-material elastic constant εt and the real stress singularity exponents λt are obtained with the bi-material engineering parameters satisfying certain conditions. By the uniqueness theorem of limit,undetermined coefficients are determined, and thus the bi-material stress intensity factor in mixed cracks is obtained. The bi-material stress intensity factor characterizes features of mixed cracks. When orthotropic bi-materials are of the same material, the degenerate solution to the stress intensity factor in mixed bi-material interface cracks is in complete agreement with the present classic conclusion. The relationship between the bi-material stress intensity factor and the ratio of bi-material shear modulus and the relationship between the bi-material stress intensity factor and the ratio of bi-material Young's modulus are given in the numerical analysis.     

两种各向异性材料界面周期裂纹的反平面问题

研究两种各向异性材料界面含周期裂纹的反平面剪切问题，运用复变函数方法，获得了封闭形式解答，并给出了应力强度因子公式。从本文解签的特殊情形，可直接导出均匀各向异性材料共线裂纹，两种各向同性材料界面裂纹的相应问题公式。     

双材料界面裂纹复应力强度因子的正则化边界元法

双材料界面裂纹渐近位移和应力场表现出剧烈的振荡特性,许多用于表征经典平方根(r1/2)和负平方根(r?1/2)渐近物理场的传统数值方法失效,给界面裂纹复应力强度因子(K1+iK2)的精确求解增加了难度.引入一种含有复振荡因子的新型"特殊裂尖单元",可精确表征裂纹尖端渐近位移和应力场的振荡特性,在避免裂尖区域高密度网格剖...     

轴对称界面端的扭转问题

基于弹性力学轴对称扭转问题的通解,研究了具有任意几何形状的双材料轴对称界面端,给出了界面端的应力奇异性及其附近的位移场和奇应力场,定义了扭转问题的Ｄｕｎｄｕｒｓ双材料参数。研究结果表明,应力奇异性只与界面端的结合角和扭转问题的Ｄｕｎｄｕｒｓ双材料参数有关,而与界面的角度以及界面端与对称轴之间的距离无关,在任何情况下,特征值均为实数,不会产生振荡应力奇异性。     

奇异积分方程在裂纹体弹性波散射问题中的应用

结合２０多年来国内外的研究成果，评述奇异积分方程在裂纹体弹性波散射问题中的应用，特别是在界面裂纹散射问题中的应用．讨论如何将裂纹散射问题归结为奇异积分方程、如何用数值法求解这些方程等问题，并指出奇异积分方程法与其他积分方程法的关系．最后展望了奇异积分方程在裂纹体散射问题中可能的应用前景     

界面下主微裂纹间干涉的研究

涉及两相正交各向异性体界面下裂纹间干涉问题的研究.多裂纹问题被分解为只含单裂纹的子问题,利用位错理论和裂面应力自由条件,列出一组可数值求解位错密度函数的奇异积分方程,从而求得应力强度因子.     

FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE J_2-INTEGRAL IN BIMATERIAL SOLIDS

The J_2-integral induced from the interface of bimaterial solids(J_2~(interface))is stud-ied by numerical method.First,the effect on the J_2-integral induced from the interface is verysignificant in bimaterial solids,which is inherently related to that induced from the subinterfacecracks.Moreover,it can be concluded that either the first or the second component of the J_k-vector is always equal to zero when the contour encloses both the cracks and the whole interfacein bimaterial solids.Secondly,it can also be concluded that the interface does produce significanteffect on the J_2-integral induced from the subinterface cracks(J_2~(sub))in bimaterial solids.Thiseffect depends on the geometry of the crack arrangement,which is corresponding to the differentinteraction effect among the cracks and the interface.Moreover,the interface effect on the J_2~(sub)can be neglected when the distance from the crack center to the interface is large enough,whichreveals that the bimaterial solids can be regarded as homogenous solids in fracture analysis whenthe subinterface crack is far enough from the interface.Three examples are given in this paper.     

The stability of the interface between two bodies compressed along interface cracks. 2. Exact solutions for the case of equal roots

The problem of buckling of the interface between two bodies is considered for the case where several plane cracks are located in the interface and the bodies are compressed along the cracks (along the interface of two different materials). The studies were carried out for a plane problem using the three-dimensional linearized theory of stability of deformable bodies. The complex variables and potentials of the above-mentioned linearized theory are used. This problem is reduced to the problem of linear conjugation of two analytical functions of a complex variable. The exact solution of the above-mentioned buckling problem is obtained for the case where the roots of the basic equation are equal. Some mechanical effects are analyzed under general conditions (elastic, elastoplastic, compressible, incompresible, isotropic, and orthotropic bodies). S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 66–73, May, 2000.     

Uniformly moving screw dislocation interacting with interface cracks in anisotropic bimaterials

This paper attempts to investigate the problem for the interaction between a uniformly subsonic moving screw dislocation and interface cracks in two dissimilar anisotropic materials. Using Riemann–Schwarz’s symmetry principle integrated with the analysis singularity of complex functions, we present the general elastic solutions of this problem and the closed form solutions for interface containing one and two cracks. The expressions of stress intensity factors at the crack tips and image force acting on moving dislocation are derived explicitly. The results show that the stress intensity factors at the crack tips decrease with increasing velocity of dislocation, and larger dislocation velocity leads to the equilibrium position of dislocation leaving from crack tips. The presented solutions contain previously known results as the special cases.     

功能梯度夹层多个环形界面裂纹扭转冲击

研究位于功能梯度层和外部均匀材料之间多个环形界面裂纹的扭转冲击问题,功能梯度材料 (FGM)粘结在两种不同的弹性材料之间,功能梯度层和外部材料之间环形界面裂纹的数目是任意的．引进积分变换和位错密度函数将问题化为求解Laplace域里标准的Cauchy奇异积分方程,进而化为求解代数方程;应用Laplace数值反演技术,计算时域里的动应力强度因子(DSIF)．考查了结构几何尺度和材料特性对裂尖动态断裂特性的影响．数值结果表明,DSIF存在一个主峰,到达主峰后,在其相应的静态值附近波动并最终趋于稳定;增加FGM的梯度能减小DSIF的峰值．     

Isotropic/orthotropic two-layered strips containing cracks terminating at and going through an interface

Crack problems for isotropic/orthotropic two-layered strips have been investigated. A system of two singular integral equations can be derived by using Fourier integral transformation and boundary conditions of crack problems. After stress singularities at crack tips or other special points are determined for internal and edge cracks, and for cracks terminating at and going through the interface, the system of singular integral equations is solved numerically by Gauss-Jacobi or Gauss-Chebyshev integration formulas for stress intensity factors at the tips and other singular points of cracks. Finally, possible crack growth behavior for cracks approaching and going through the interface is discussed.     

Thermal fracture of a functionally graded/homogeneous bimaterial with system of cracks

The thermal fracture of a bimaterial consisting of a homogeneous material and a functionally graded material (FGM) with a system of internal cracks and an interface crack is investigated. The bimaterial is subjected to a heat flux. The thermal properties of FGM are assumed to be continues functions of the thickness coordinate, while the elastic properties are constants. The method of the solution is based on the singular integral equations. For a special case where the interface crack is much larger than the internal cracks in the FGM the asymptotic analytical solution of the problem is obtained as series in a small parameter (the ratio between sizes of the internal and interface crack) and the thermal stress intensity factors (TSIFs) are derived as functions of geometry of the problem and material characteristics. A parametric analysis of the effects of the location and orientation of the cracks and of the inhomogeneity parameter of FGM’s thermal conductivity on the TSIFs is performed. The results are applicable to such kinds FGMs as ceramic/ceramic FGMs, e.g., TiC/SiC, MoSi₂/Al₂O₃ and MoSi₂/SiC, and also some ceramic/metal FGMs.