Transient response of SH waves in a layered half-space with sub-surface and interface cracks

The transient scattering of SH waves by sub-surface and interface cracks parallel to the free surface in a layered elastic solid is investigated. The problem in frequency domain is solved by using a hybrid method which combines the finite element method of the near field with the boundary integral representation of the far field. The transient responses are then obtained by inverting the spectra via fast Fourier transform with the incident pulse Ricker of wavelet. Numerical results are presented for the surface displacements, dynamic stress intensity factors and wave motion in the layered half-space. Furthermore, the propagations of reflected, diffracted, and direct impact waves at any instant are clearly identified by the present method. To understand the mechanism of elastic wave interaction is very important in the field of ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation (NDE) and fracture mechanics studies.     

Wrinkle-free solutions in the theory of annular elastic membranes

Rotationally symmetric deformations of a flat annular elastic membrane under a gravitational force are studied, with prescribed radial stresses or horizontal displacements at the edges. The small-finitedeflection theory of Föppl-Hencky as well as a simplified version of Reissner's static first approximation theory of thin shells of revolution are applied which lead to consider a single, second-order, ordinary differential equation for the derivation of the principal stresses in the membrane. Using analytical methods, the range of those boundary data is determined for which the solutions of the differential equation are wrinkle free in the sense that both the radial and the circumferential stress components are nonnegative everywhere.     

An Effective Model of a Fractured Medium

A homogeneous isotropic elastic medium intersected by three systems of fractures on which the jumps of stresses are proportional to displacements is considered. An effective model of this medium is described by equations differing from the respective equations of the elastic medium by additional terms. On the basis of the equations of the effective model, the wave field excited by a point source is established. An investigation of the integral representation of the wave field shows that the velocities of the longitudinal and transversal waves and of the Rayleigh wave are functions of the frequency and the wave numbers. Formulas for the phase and group velocities of these waves are derived. Bibliography: 3 titles.     

Plane problem of interaction between an elastic longitudinal wave and a cylindrical shell with axial cut

We have proposed a procedure for investigating the stressed state of a thin-walled round cylindrical shell with a cut along its generatrix, which is placed into an elastic space. A longitudinal elastic wave is incident on the shell. The procedure is based on the use of the Rayleigh expansion in partial waves. We have obtained relations for determining the displacement jumps and angle of rotation at the lips of the shell cut, the radial component of the displacement vector and the normal force in the cylindrical shell, as well as the stresses and displacements in the elastic medium. Translated from Matematychni Metody ta Fizyko-Mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 131–137, January–March, 2008.     

Dynamic proper colorings of a graph

We solve an axisymmetric problem of the interaction of harmonic waves with a thin elastic circular inclusion located in an elastic isotropic body (matrix). On both sides of the inclusion, between it and the body (matrix), conditions of smooth contact are realized. The method of solution is based on the representation of displacements in the matrix in terms of discontinuous solutions of Lamé equations for harmonic vibrations. This enables us to reduce the problem to Fredholm integral equations of the second kind for functions related to jumps of normal stress and radial displacement on the inclusion.     

压电压磁复合材料中一对平行裂纹对弹性波的散射

利用Schmidt方法对压电压磁复合材料中一对平行对称裂纹对反平面简谐波的散射问题进行了分析,借助富里叶变换得到了以裂纹面上的间断位移为未知变量的对偶积分方程．在求解对偶积分方程的过程中,裂纹面上的间断位移被展开成雅可比多项式的形式,最终获得了应力强度因子、电位移强度因子、磁通量强度因子三者之间的关系．结果表明,压电压磁复合材料中平行裂纹动态反平面断裂问题的应力奇异性与一般弹性材料中的动态反平面断裂问题的应力奇异性相同,同时讨论了裂纹间的屏蔽效应．     

Thermoelastic problem for a circular cylinder of reinforced multilayer material

The temperature stresses and displacements are determined in an elastic circular cylinder of reinforced multilayer material. The relationship between the displacements of the inside and outside surfaces of the cylinder and the radial stresses and the mechanical and thermophysical properties of the components, the reinforcement ratio, and the ratio of the radii is investigated. The results are used to interpret the behavior of wound glass-reinforced plastic products under varying temperature conditions and during the curing stage.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 136–141, 1967     

裂纹与弹性夹杂的相互影响*

本文利用无限域上单根弹性夹杂和单根裂纹产生的位移和应力,将裂纹与弹性夹杂的相互影响问题归为解一组柯西型奇异积分方程,然后用此对夹杂分枝裂纹解答的奇性性态作了理论分析,并求得了振荡奇性界面应力场,对于不相交的夹杂裂纹问题,具体计算了端点的应力强度因子及夹杂上的界面应力,结果令人满意。     

Diffraction of normal modes in composite and stepped elastic waveguides

A method of calculating the diffraction of Lamb waves at the vertical junctions of elastic waveguides is proposed, the effectiveness of which is ensured by taking into account the nature of the singularity of the solution at corner points. The property of the generalized orthogonality of normal modes plays a key role. It enables the coefficients of the expansion of the wave field in the modes to be expressed in terms of the displacements and stresses along the junction line. Numerical results are presented which show how the transmission coefficients and the energy distribution depend on the height of the step and frequency for a stepped waveguide, attached to an undeformed substrate.     

压电压磁复合材料中界面裂纹对弹性波的散射

利用Schmidt方法分析了压电压磁复合材料中可导通界面裂纹对反平面简谐波的散射问题．经过富里叶变换得到了以裂纹面上的间断位移为未知变量的对偶积分方程A·D2在求解对偶积分方程的过程中,裂纹面上的间断位移被展开成雅可比多项式的形式．数值模拟分析了裂纹长度、波速和入射波频率对应力强度因子、电位移强度因子、磁通量强度因子的影响A·D2从结果中可以看出,压电压磁复合材料中可导通界面裂纹的反平面问题的应力奇异性形式与一般弹性材料中的反平面问题应力奇异性形式相同．     

A Study on the Propagation of Plane Stress Waves across the Thickness of a Plate by the Method of Analytic Continuation in Time

The interaction of plane tension/compression waves propagating within a plate perpendicularly to its surface is considered. The analytic solution is obtained by a modified method of characteristics for the one-dimensional wave equation used in problems on an impact of a rigid body on the surface of a plate. The displacements, velocities, and stresses in the plate are determined by the edge disturbance caused by the initial velocity and the stationary force field of masses of the striker and the plate. The method of analytic continuation in time put forward allows a stress analysis for an arbitrary time interval by using finite expressions. Contrary to a stress analysis in the frequency domain, which is commonly used in harmonic expansion of disturbances, the approach advanced allows one to analyze the solution in the case of discontinuous first derivatives of displacements without calculating jumps in summing series. A generalized closed-form solution is obtained for stresses in an arbitrary cycle n(t), which is determined by the multiplicity of the time of wave travel across the double thickness of the plate. A method of recurrent solution based on calculating the convolution of repeated integrals of the initial form of disturbance at t = 0 is elaborated. The procedure can be used for evaluating the maximum stress and the contact time in a plane impact on the surface of a plate.     

State of stress of a hollow viscoelastic cylinder whose material properties depend on temperature

The state of stress of a long thick viscoelastic cylinder enclosed in an elastic shell is examined. The inner boundary recedes; body forces, internal pressure, and a uniform nonstationary temperature field are considered. The material properties depend on temperature; time-temperature superposition does not hold. A singular kernel is taken as the influence function. An approximate solution is found in displacements and stresses. A numerical example is presented.M. V. Lomonosov, Moscow State University. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 86–94, January–February, 1970.     

Elastic wave radiation and scattering in heterogeneous soil using the scaled boundary finite element method

A time-domain approach for the simulation of elastic waves in heterogeneous soil domains is presented. It is based on modelling both near and far field by the scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM). The SBFEM facilitates the use of a structured mesh in the near field region without the need to circumvent hanging nodes. The quadtree mesh is obtained automatically from image data. Radiation damping in the far field is modelled accurately by means of a displacement unit-impulse-response-based formulation. An example analysis of wave radiation by an alluvial basin illustrates the potential of the proposed methodology. (© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A further note on finite-strain force and moment stress elasticity

Earlier considerations [4, 6] of the statics and kinematics of force and moment stresses and strains are complemented by the consideration of constitutive relations for an elastic medium. Known variational theorems for stresses and displacements of finite force stress elasticity, and of infinitesimal force and moment stress elasticity, are generalized to the case of finite force and moment stress elasticity.Based upon work supported by National Science Foundation Grant No. CEE-8213256, and dedicated to my friend Ekkehart Kröner on the occasion of his 65th birthday.     

Stress field around an arbitrary thin inclusion in a transversely isotropic elastic half-space

We consider a thin flat inclusion of arbitrary shape located inside a transversely isotropic elastic half-space in the plane parallel to its boundary z = 0. An arbitrary tangential displacement is prescribed on the inclusion. The boundary of the half-space is stress-free. We need to find the complete field of stresses and displacements in this half-space. A governing integral equation is derived by the generalized method of images, introduced by the author. The case of circular inclusion is considered as an example. Two methods of solution of the governing integral equation are derived. A detailed solution is presented for the particular cases of radial expansion, torsion and lateral displacement of the inclusion. The solution is also valid for the case of isotropy. The governing integral equation for the case of isotropy is derived.     

Modelling the static stress–strain state around the fan-structure in the shear rupture head

The mathematical model of an equilibrium fan-structure in the interface between two elastic blocks, simulating the shear rupture head in a hard rock under high confining pressure, is constructed. The stress–strain state far from the fan-structure is analyzed with the help of a solution of the problem on edge dislocation. The fan length is estimated using this solution. The model of formation of two oppositely directed fans due to the localized action of tangential stress, which pushes two edge dislocations with antiparallel Burgers vectors, is proposed. In complete formulation, the problem on an equilibrium fan-structure in the interface between infinite elastic half-planes is analyzed by means of original method of superposition of dislocations, leading to two nonlinear integral equations in the fan zone. To solve them numerically, the method of successive approximations is applied. Based on this method, fields of stresses and displacements around the equilibrium fan modelling of a deep-seated shear rupture in the seismogenic zone of the Earth’s crust are computed. Such fields can be used, when setting the initial data in the analysis of dynamics of the fan-shaped mechanism.     

Forced vibration of an initially stressed thick rectangular plate made of an orthotropic material with a cylindrical hole

The forced vibration of an initially statically stressed rectangular plate made of an orthotropic material is studied. The plate is simply supported along all its edges and contains an internal across-the-width cylindrical hole of rectangular cross section with rounded corners. The initial stresses are created by uniformly distributed normal forces applied to opposite end faces of the plate. Because of the hole, these stresses are not uniform in the plate and significantly affect the stress field caused by additional time-harmonic dynamical forces acting on the upper face of the plate. Hence, for solving the boundary-value problem considered, the superposition principle is unsuitable. Therefore, our investigations are carried out within the framework of the three-dimensional linearized theory of elastic waves in initially stressed bodies. The corresponding boundary- value problems on determining the initial and additional, dynamical stress states are solved by using the three-dimensional finite-element method. Numerical results on stress concentrations around the cylindrical hole and the fundamental frequencies, and on the influence of the initial stresses on the frequencies are presented.     

On the uniform stress state inside an inclusion of arbitrary shape in a three-phase composite

The stress field inside a two-dimensional arbitrary-shape elastic inclusion bonded through an interphase layer to an infinite elastic matrix subjected to uniform stresses at infinity is analytically studied using the complex variable method in elasticity. Both in-plane and anti-plane shear loading cases are considered. It is shown that the stress field within the inclusion can be uniform and hydrostatic under remote constant in-plane stresses and can be uniform under remote constant anti-plane shear stresses. Both of these uniform stress states can be achieved when the shape of the inclusion, the elastic properties of each phase, and the thickness of the interphase layer are properly designed. Possible non-elliptical shapes of inclusions with uniform hydrostatic stresses induced by in-plane loading are identified and divided into three groups. For each group, two conditions that ensure a uniform hydrostatic stress state are obtained. One condition relates the thickness of the interphase layer to elastic properties of the composite phases, while the other links the remote stresses to geometrical and material parameters of the three-phase composite. Similar conditions are analytically obtained for enabling a uniform stress state inside an arbitrary-shape inclusion in a three-phase composite loaded by remote uniform anti-plane shear stresses.     

The scattering of an harmonic elastic wave by a volume inclusion with a thin interlayer

The boundary element method is used to investigate the propagation of harmonic elastic waves in an infinite matrix with a volume inclusion with a thin interlayer between the inclusion and the matrix. A boundary-integral formulation of the problem is based on a consideration of a two-phase medium, consisting of the matrix and the inclusion, on the contact surface of which conditions of proportional dependence between the forces and jumps in the displacements, which model the interlayer, are satisfied. These conditions are taken into account implicitly in the boundary integral equations obtained, which are subsequently regularized and discretized on the grid of boundary elements introduced. The numerical results obtained demonstrate the effect of the interlayer on the dynamic contact stresses for a spherical inclusion in the field of a plane longitudinal wave.     

Numerical modeling of free field vibrations due to pile driving using a dynamic soil-structure interaction formulation

This paper presents a numerical model for the prediction of free field vibrations due to vibratory and impact pile driving. As the focus is on the response in the far field, where deformations are relatively small, a linear elastic constitutive behavior is assumed for the soil. The free field vibrations are calculated by means of a coupled FE–BE model using a subdomain formulation. The results show that, in the near field, the response of the soil is dominated by a vertically polarized shear wave, whereas in the far field, Rayleigh waves dominate the ground vibration and body waves are importantly attenuated. Finally, the computed ground vibrations are compared with the results of field measurements reported in the literature.