Edge effect in a fibrous composite with near-surface fibers subjected to uniform loading

The decay rate of the edge effect in a material reinforced with fibers of square cross-section and subjected to transverse uniaxial deformation is studied. The case of uniform loading of near-surface fibers is considered. The edge effect is analyzed by numerically solving a boundary-value problem of elasticity for inhomogeneous bodies and applying a quantitative decay criterion for normal stresses __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 11, pp. 15–23, November 2007.     

Edge effect in a laminated composite with longitudinally compressed laminas

The paper is concerned with the determination of edge effect zone in a laminated composite with laminas subject to longitudinal compression. The dependence of the maximum decay length on the ratio between the period of external loading and the structure parameter is studied. The load period depends on the number of unloaded laminas. The decay of the edge effect is analyzed by numerically solving a boundary-value problem of elasticity for piecewise-homogeneous materials and using a quantitative decay criterion for the near-edge normal stresses __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 8, pp. 89–96, August 2006.     

The effect of rotation and initial stress on the propagation of waves in a transversely isotropic elastic solid

In this paper the equations governing small amplitude motions in a rotating transversely isotropic initially stressed elastic solid are derived, both for compressible and incompressible linearly elastic materials. The equations are first applied to study the effects of initial stress and rotation on the speed of homogeneous plane waves propagating in a configuration with uniform initial stress. The general forms of the constitutive law, stresses and the elasticity tensor are derived within the finite deformation context and then summarized for the considered transversely isotropic material with initial stress in terms of invariants, following which they are specialized for linear elastic response and, for an incompressible material, to the case of plane strain, which involves considerable simplification. The equations for two-dimensional motions in the considered plane are then applied to the study of Rayleigh waves in a rotating half-space with the initial stress parallel to its boundary and the preferred direction of transverse isotropy either parallel to or normal to the boundary within the sagittal plane. The secular equation governing the wave speed is then derived for a general strain–energy function in the plane strain specialization, which involves only two material parameters. The results are illustrated graphically, first by showing how the wave speed depends on the material parameters and the rotation without specifying the constitutive law and, second, for a simple material model to highlight the effects of the rotation and initial stress on the surface wave speed.