Crack on the boundary of two overlapping domains

In this paper, we consider an overlapping domain problem for two elastic bodies. A glue condition of an equality-type is imposed at a given line. Simultaneously, a part of this line is considered to be a crack face with an inequality-type boundary condition describing mutual non-penetration between crack faces. Variational and differential formulations of the problem are considered. We prove a differentiability of the energy functional in the case of rectilinear cracks and find a formula for invariant integrals. Passage to the limit is justified provided that the rigidity of the body goes to infinity.     

On the peculiarities of a crack growth path in anisotropic solid

One of the possibilities to increase the resistance of a structure to catastrophic fracture is to force a main line crack to deviate from its path. In this connection the influence of the elastic moduli of an anisotropic material on the possibilities of crack rotation are studied. In particular a linear elastic problem for a straight Mode I crack, located on a symmetry axis of an orthotropic plane is considered. The strength properties of the material are supposed to be isotropic. For studying a direction of a crack growth path several crack models are considered. It is shown that a thin elongated elliptical hole as a crack model leads to more plausible results concerning crack rotation conditions than an ideal cut model. The maximal tensile stresses are taken as a crack growth criterion. It is shown that for some class of orthotropic materials a crack deviates from the straight path just after it starts to grow even in the conditions of uniaxial normal tension. The problem of the stability of a straight crack path under Mode I loading is also considered. This problem is reduced to the problem of the fracture direction determination for thin elongated elliptical cavity slightly inclined to the initial direction. In the frame of the proposed approach the conditions of instability are obtained. It is shown that for some class of orthotropic materials a straight crack path is unstable in the conditions of uniaxial normal tension. This class of materials is wider than one for which a crack deviates from the straight crack path just after its start. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A CRACK PROBLEM WITH A BROKEN LINE INTERFACE

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The solution of a problem in contact fracture mechanics on the nucleation and development of a bridged crack in the hub of a friction pair

The contact deformation of the hub of a plunger pair is considered. It is assumed that, during the repeated reciprocating motion of the plunger, a crack is initiated and fracture of the materials of the elements of the contact pair occurs. The problem of the equilibrium of the hub of a friction pair with a crack nucleus reduces to solving a system of non-linear singular integrodifferential equations with a Cauchy-type kernel. The normal and shear forces in the zone where the crack originates are found from the solution of this system of equations. The condition for the appearance of a crack is formulated, taking account of the criterion of the limit traction of the bonds in the material. A problem for the plunger of a friction pair as applied to a borehole sucker rod pump is considered as an example. In conclusion, the case when there are several arbitrarily distributed rectilinear bridged cracks, with bonds between the crack faces in the end zone, close to the contact surface of the hub is investigated.     

Crack in a solid under Coulomb friction law

An equilibrium problem for a solid with a crack is considered. We assume that both the Coulomb friction law and a nonpenetration condition hold at the crack faces. The problem is formulated as a quasi-variational inequality. Existence of a solution is proved, and a complete system of boundary conditions fulfilled at the crack surface is obtained in suitable spaces.     

Shape sensitivity of curvilinear cracks on interface to non-linear perturbations

The 2D-model of an anisotropic, non-homogeneous, bonded elastic solid with a crack on the interface is considered. We state the linear problem with the stress-free boundary condition at the crack faces in addition to the transmission condition at the connected part of the interface. The sensitivity of the model to non-linear perturbations of the curvilinear crack along the interface is investigated. We obtain the asymptotic expansion and the corresponding derivatives of the potential energy functional with respect to the crack length via the material derivatives of the solution. This allows us to describe the growth or stationarity, and the local optimality conditions by the Griffith rupture criterion. The integral expression of the energy release rate for the considered problems is obtained, and the Cherepanov-Rice integral is discussed.     

一维正方准晶沿准周期方向穿透的抛物线裂纹问题

利用广义复变函数方法研究了一维正方准晶材料中周期平面的抛物线裂纹问题,通过建立广义保角映射,将物理平面的抛物线裂纹外映射到数学平面里的单位圆内.得出了声子场和相位子场的应力分量在像平面下的复表示,并且得到了抛物线裂纹尖端的应力强度因子.并在特殊情况下,所得结果与Griffith裂纹的结果一致.     

一维六方准晶压电材料中幂函数型曲线裂纹的反平面问题

依据一维六方准晶压电材料反平面问题的基本方程,利用复变函数方法,通过引入适当的保角映射,研究了一维六方准晶压电材料中幂函数型曲线裂纹的反平面问题,并利用Cauchy积分理论,得到电不可通和电可通边界条件下的应力场和位移场的复表示以及裂纹尖端场强度因子的解析表达式.     

The factorization method for cracks in inhomogeneous media

We consider the inverse scattering problem of determining the shape and location of a crack surrounded by a known inhomogeneous media. Both the Dirichlet boundary condition and a mixed type boundary conditions are considered. In order to avoid using the background Green function in the inversion process, a reciprocity relationship between the Green function and the solution of an auxiliary scattering problem is proved. Then we focus on extending the factorization method to our inverse shape reconstruction problems by using far field measurements at fixed wave number. We remark that this is done in a non intuitive space for the mixed type boundary condition as we indicate in the sequel.     

圆形界面刚性线夹杂的平面问题

研究了圆弧形界面刚性线夹杂的平面弹性问题．集中力作用于夹杂或基体中的任意点,并且无穷远处受均匀载荷作用．利用复变函数方法,得到了该问题的一般解答．当只含一条界面刚性线夹杂时,获得了分区复势函数和应力场的封闭形式解答,并给出刚性线端部奇异应力场的解析表达式．结果表明,在平面荷载下界面圆弧形刚性线夹杂尖端应力场和裂纹尖端相似具有奇异应力振荡性．对无穷远加载的情况,讨论了刚性线几何条件、加载条件和材料失配对端部场的影响．     

An eigenvalue problem for elastic cracks in free space

We study in this paper an eigenvalue problem for the linear elasticity equations in three‐dimensional space. The problem is defined in the whole space cut by a planar crack. The eigenvalue appears in a linear condition relating the traction to the jump in displacements across the crack. We prove for such problems that an eigenspace containing eigenfunctions, which do not average to zero over the crack is in general not simple. Then we prove for a more constrained eigenvalue problem, where the direction of slip over the crack is imposed, that the first eigenspace is in that case simple. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Derivatives of the energy functional for 2D‐problems with a crack under Signorini and friction conditions

We consider the two‐dimensional elasticity problem for an elastic body with a crack under unilateral constraints imposed at the crack. We assume that both the Signorini condition for non‐penetration of the crack faces and the condition of given friction between them are fulfilled. The problem is non‐linear and can be described by a variational inequality. Varying the shape of the crack by a local coordinate transformation of the domain, the first derivative of the energy functional to the problem with respect to the crack length is obtained, which gives the criterion for the crack growing. The regularity of the solution is discussed and the singular solution is performed. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The primal-dual active set method for a crack problem with non-penetration

The Lamé problem in a 2D domain with a crack under anon-penetration condition is considered as a variational inequality.A primal–dual active set method is proposed as an efficientnumerical solution technique and compared to a previously employediterative method for a penalized formulation. Sufficient conditionsfor monotonic convergence of a discretized version of the proposedalgorithm are given and numerical experiments are presented.     

On the topological derivative due to kink of a crack with non-penetration. Anti-plane model

A topological derivative is defined, which is caused by kinking of a crack, thus, representing the topological change. Using variational methods, the anti-plane model of a solid subject to a non-penetration condition imposed at the kinked crack is considered. The objective function of the potential energy is expanded with respect to the diminishing branch of the incipient crack. The respective sensitivity analysis is provided by a Saint-Venant principle and a local decomposition of the solution of the variational problem in the Fourier series.     

On the topological derivative due to kink of a crack with non-penetration. Anti-plane model

A topological derivative is defined, which is caused by kinking of a crack, thus, representing the topological change. Using variational methods, the anti-plane model of a solid subject to a non-penetration condition imposed at the kinked crack is considered. The objective function of the potential energy is expanded with respect to the diminishing branch of the incipient crack. The respective sensitivity analysis is provided by a Saint-Venant principle and a local decomposition of the solution of the variational problem in the Fourier series.     

Static and extending interface cracks with contact zones in anisotropic as well as in piezoelectric bimaterials

An interface crack with an electrically permeable and mechanically frictionless contact zone in a piezoelectric bimaterial under the action of a remote mixed mode mechanical loading as well as thermal and electrical fields is considered in the first part of this paper. By use of the matrix‐vector representations of thermal, mechanical and electrical fields via sectionally‐holomorphic functions the problems of linear relationships are formulated and solved exactly both for an electrically permeable and an electrically impermeable interface crack. For these cases the transcendental equations and clear analytical formulas are derived for the determination of the contact zone lengths and the associated fracture mechanical parameters. A plane strain problem for a crack with a frictionless contact zone at the leading crack tip extending stationary along an interface of two semi‐infinite anisotropic spaces with a subsonic speed under the action of various loading is considered in the second part of this paper. By introducing of a moving coordinate system connected with the crack tip and by using the formal similarity of static and propagating crack problems the combined Dirichlet‐Riemann boundary value problem is formulated and solved exactly for this case as well and a transcendental equation is obtained for the determination of the real contact zone length. It is found that the increase of the crack speed leads to an increase of the real contact zone length and the correspondent stress intensity factors which increase significantly for a quasi‐Rayleigh wave speed.     

有一条裂纹的圆形焊接问题

本文讨论了在带圆孔的无限平面中焊接一个不同材料的带裂纹的近似圆板的问题.该问题化为求解解析函数边值问题然后又转化为求解沿裂纹的奇异积分方程.后者的数字解法也已给出.文末并对Ⅰ型、Ⅱ型情况得出了应力强度因子的公式以及数字结果.     

Nonsmooth domain optimization for elliptic equations with unilateral conditions

In the paper we consider elliptic boundary problems in domains having cuts (cracks). The non-penetration condition of inequality type is prescribed at the crack faces. A dependence of the derivative of the energy functional with respect to variations of crack shape is investigated. This shape derivative can be associated with the crack propagation criterion in the elasticity theory. We analyze an optimization problem of finding the crack shape which provides a minimum of the energy functional derivative with respect to a perturbation parameter and prove a solution existence to this problem.     

A conductive crack and a remote electrode at the interface between two piezoelectric materials

An interaction of a tunnel conductive crack and a distant strip electrode situated at the interface between two piezoelectric semi-infinite spaces is studied. The bimaterial is subject by an in-plane electrical field parallel to the interface and by an anti-plane mechanical loading. Using the presentations of electromechanical quantities at the interface via sectionally-analytic functions the problem is reduced to a combined Dirichlet-Riemann boundary value problem. Solution of this problem is found in an analytical form excepting some one-dimensional integrals calculations. Closed form expressions for the stress, the electric field and their intensity factors, as well as for the crack faces displacement jump are derived. On the base of these presentations the energy release rate is also found. The obtained solution is compared with simple particular case of a single crack without electrode and the excellent agreement is found out. An auxiliary plane problem for open and closed cracks between two isotropic materials is also considered. The mathematical model of this problem is identical to the above one, therefore, the obtained solution is used for this model. It is compared with finite element solution of a similar problem and good agreement is found out.     

On elastic bodies with thin rigid inclusions and cracks

This paper is concerned with the analysis of equilibrium problems for two‐dimensional elastic bodies with thin rigid inclusions and cracks. Inequality‐type boundary conditions are imposed at the crack faces providing a mutual non‐penetration between the crack faces. A rigid inclusion may have a delamination, thus forming a crack with non‐penetration between the opposite faces. We analyze variational and differential problem formulations. Different geometrical situations are considered, in particular, a crack may be parallel to the inclusion as well as the crack may cross the inclusion, and also a deviation of the crack from the rigid inclusion is considered. We obtain a formula for the derivative of the energy functional with respect to the crack length for considering this derivative as a cost functional. An optimal control problem is analyzed to control the crack growth. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.