The axisymmetric lamb’s problem for a finite prestrained half-space covered with a finite prestretched layer

The piecewise-homogeneous body model and the three-dimensional linearized theory of elastic waves in prestressed bodies are used to solve the axisymmetric time-harmonic Lamb’s problem for a finite prestrained half-space covered with a finite prestretched layer. It is assumed that the half-space and layer are incompressible and their deformation is described by the Treloar potential. The normal stress at the interface is calculated Published in Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 132–143, March 2007.     

Axisymmetric longitudinal wave propagation in a finite prestretched compound circular cylinder made of incompressible materials

The propagation of an axisymmetric longitudinal wave in a finite prestrained compound (composite) cylinder is investigated using a piecewise-homogeneous body model and the three-dimensional linearized theory of wave propagation in prestressed body [13–15]. The inner and outer cylinders are assumed to be made of incompressible neo-Hookean materials. Numerical results on the influence of the prestrains in the inner and outer cylinders on wave dispersion are presented and discussed. These results are obtained for the case where the inner solid cylinder is stiffer than the outer hollow cylinder. In particular, it is established that the pretension of the cylinders increases the wave velocity     

Inclusions in a finite elastic body

Within the framework of 2D or 3D linear elasticity, a general approach based on the superposition principle is proposed to study the problem of a finite elastic body with an arbitrarily shaped and located inclusion. The proposed approach consists in decomposing the initial inclusion problem into the problem of the inclusion embedded in the corresponding infinite body and the auxiliary problem of the finite body subjected to the appropriate boundary loading provided by solving the former problem. Thus, our approach renders it possible to circumvent the difficulty due to the unavailability of the relevant Green function, use various existing solutions for the problem of an inclusion inside an unbounded body and clearly makes appear the finite boundary effects. The general approach is applied and specified in the context of 2D isotropic elasticity. The complex potentials for the problem of an inclusion in an infinite body are given as two boundary integrals, and the boundary integral equation governing the complex potentials for the auxiliary problem is provided. In the important particular situation where a finite body with an arbitrarily shaped and located inclusion is circular, the exact explicit expressions for the complex potentials are derived, leading to those for the strain, stress and Eshelby’s tensor fields inside and outside the inclusion. These results are analytically detailed and numerically illustrated for the cases of a square inclusion placed concentrically, and a circular inclusion located eccentrically, inside a circular body.     

A modified swift law for prestrained materials

A modified Swift law to describe the evolution of the mechanical behaviour in reloading of prestrained materials is proposed in this work. This equation is deduced from the original Swift law by including a parameter that accounts for the effect of strain path change. This parameter depends on the value of the yield stress and the subsequent work-hardening behaviour in reloading. The new equation predicts well the general mechanical behaviour in the second path for copper and steel. In particular, it predicts accurately the strain value for which necking occurs during reloading and fits experimental stress-strain curves well. The flow equation formulated remains sufficiently simple to be applied in finite element modelling of prestrained materials. However, since the parameter, which is needed for the modified Swift law, must be previously known, the strain path change itself cannot be part of the simulation.     

The approximate solution of penny-shaped cracks periodically distributed in infinite elastic body

The penny-shaped cracks periodically distributed in infinite elastic body are studied. The problem is approximately simplified to that of a single crack embedded in finite length cylinder and the stress intensity factor is obtained by solving a Fredholm integral equation. Numerical results are given and the effects of crack interaction on the stress intensity factor are discussed. The project suppoted by National Natural Science Foundation of China     

The torsional stability of a cylinder subject to finite perturbations

The problem of torsional stability of a circular cylinder made from a compressible nonlinearly elastic material is solved for finite perturbations. In contrast to the classical theory of bifurcation, an infinite sequence of steady states that bounds the domain of allowed initial perturbations is constructed. The applicability of the classical three-dimensional linear theory of stability is evaluated. Voronezh University, Russia. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 133–136, March, 2000.     

Off-plane concentric penny-shaped crack in a finite cylinder under arbitrary torsion

The Hankel transform and Fourier series are employed to obtain the stress intensity factor for a penny-shaped crack situated away from the mid-plane of a finite radius cylinder under torsion. Results for the case of a concentric penny-shaped crack off the mid-plane of a circular plate with infinite radius can be derived. Another special case is the Mode III deformation of a concentric penny-shaped crack in the mid-plane of a finite cylinder.     

Solution of Eshelby's inclusion problem with a bounded domain and Eshelby's tensor for a spherical inclusion in a finite spherical matrix based on a simplified strain gradient elasticity theory

A solution for Eshelby's inclusion problem of a finite homogeneous isotropic elastic body containing an inclusion prescribed with a uniform eigenstrain and a uniform eigenstrain gradient is derived in a general form using a simplified strain gradient elasticity theory (SSGET). An extended Betti's reciprocal theorem and an extended Somigliana's identity based on the SSGET are proposed and utilized to solve the finite-domain inclusion problem. The solution for the disturbed displacement field is expressed in terms of the Green's function for an infinite three-dimensional elastic body in the SSGET. It contains a volume integral term and a surface integral term. The former is the same as that for the infinite-domain inclusion problem based on the SSGET, while the latter represents the boundary effect. The solution reduces to that of the infinite-domain inclusion problem when the boundary effect is not considered. The problem of a spherical inclusion embedded concentrically in a finite spherical elastic body is analytically solved by applying the general solution, with the Eshelby tensor and its volume average obtained in closed forms. This Eshelby tensor depends on the position, inclusion size, matrix size, and material length scale parameter, and, as a result, can capture the inclusion size and boundary effects, unlike existing Eshelby tensors. It reduces to the classical Eshelby tensor for the spherical inclusion in an infinite matrix if both the strain gradient and boundary effects are suppressed. Numerical results quantitatively show that the inclusion size effect can be quite large when the inclusion is very small and that the boundary effect can dominate when the inclusion volume fraction is very high. However, the inclusion size effect is diminishing as the inclusion becomes large enough, and the boundary effect is vanishing as the inclusion volume fraction gets sufficiently low.     

Oscillations of a cylindrical body submerged in a fluid with ice cover

The linear plane problem of oscillations of an elliptic cylinder in an ideal incompressible fluid of finite depth in the presence of an ice cover of finite length is solved. The ice cover is modeled by an elastic plate of constant thickness. The hydrodynamic loads acting on the body are determined as functions of the oscillation frequency and the positions of the cylinder and plate.     

The torsion problem of a multilayered finite cylinder with the multiple interface cylindrical cracks

The torsion axisymmetric problem for a finite cylinder consisting of an arbitrary quantity of cylindrical coaxial layers is solved. Multiple cylindrical cracks with free of loading branches are situated on adjoining surfaces of the layers. The boundary problem is reduced to the system of integro-differential equations, its solution is found with the help of the orthogonal polynomials method. The novelty of the paper is in the construction of a solution for an arbitrary number of cylinder layers which allows the approximation of the initial problem for functionally graded materials by the problem for coaxial cylinders with jumplike changing elastic constants of the materials. Since the solution is built regardless of the number of layers (the elastic parameters of all layers are included in the constructed solution), one can refine an initial problem’s statement by increasing the number of layers. The stress intensity factors are found for an arbitrary number of cylindrical interface cracks in the multilayered cylinder of a finite length.     

Stress intensity factors for a moving cylindrical crack in a nonhomogeneous cylindrical layer in composite materials

Stresses are determined for a finite cylindrical crack that is propagating with a constant velocity in a nonhomogeneous cylindrical elastic layer, sandwiched between an infinite elastic medium and a circular elastic cylinder made from another material. The Galilean transformation is employed to express the wave equations in terms of coordinates that are attached to the moving crack. An internal gas pressure is then applied to the crack surfaces. The solution is derived by dividing the nonhomogeneous interfacial layer into several homogeneous cylindrical layers with different material properties. The boundary conditions are reduced to two pairs of dual integral equations. These equations are solved by expanding the differences in the crack surface displacements into a series of functions that are equal to zero outside the crack. The Schmidt method is then used to solve for the unknown coefficients in the series. Numerical calculations for the stress intensity factors were performed for speeds and composite material combinations.     

Analytical solutions for finite cylindrical dynamic cavity expansion in compressible elastic-plastic materials

Analytical solutions for the dynamic cylindrical cavity expansion in a com-pressible elastic-plastic cylinder with a finite radius are developed by taking into account of the effect of lateral free boundary, which are different from the traditional cavity expan-sion models for targets with infinite dimensions. The finite cylindrical cavity expansion process begins with an elastic-plastic stage followed by a plastic stage. The elastic-plastic stage ends and the plastic stage starts when the plastic wave front reaches the lateral free boundary. Approximate solutions of radial stress on cavity wall are derived by using the Von-Mise yield criterion and Forrestal’s similarity transformation method. The effects of the lateral free boundary and finite radius on the radial stress on the cavity wall are discussed, and comparisons are also conducted with the finite cylindrical cavity expansion in incompressible elastic-plastic materials. Numerical results show that the lateral free boundary has significant influence on the cavity expansion process and the radial stress on the cavity wall of metal cylinder with a finite radius.     

Poromechanical response of a finite elastic cylinder under axisymmetric loading

Drained or undrained cylindrical specimens under axisymmetric loading are commonly used in laboratory testing of soils and rocks. Poroelastic cylindrical elements are also encountered in applications related to bioengineering and advanced materials. This paper presents an analytical solution for an axisymmetrically-loaded solid poroelastic cylinder of finite length with permeable (drained) or impermeable (undrained) hydraulic boundary conditions. The general solutions are derived by first applying Laplace transforms with respect to the time and then solving the resulting governing equations in terms of Fourier–Bessel series, which involve trigonometric and hyperbolic functions with respect to the z-coordinate and Bessel functions with respect to the r-coordinate. Several time-dependent boundary-value problems are solved to demonstrate the application of the general solution to practical situations. Accuracy of the numerical solution is confirmed by comparing with the existing solutions for the limiting cases of a finite elastic cylinder and a poroelastic cylinder under plane strain conditions. Selected numerical results are presented for different cylinder aspect ratios, loading and hydraulic boundary conditions to demonstrate the key features of the coupled poroelastic response.     

Computing image stress in an elastic cylinder

We develop numerical methods that efficiently compute image stress fields of defects in an elastic cylinder. These methods facilitate dislocation dynamics simulations of the plastic deformation of micro-pillars. Analytic expressions of the image stress have been found in the Fourier space, taking advantage of the translational and rotational symmetries of the cylinder. To facilitate numerical calculation, the solution is then transformed into the stress field in an infinite elastic body produced by a distribution of body forces or image dislocations. The use of the fast Fourier transform (FFT) method makes the algorithms numerically efficient.     

Automated numerical simulation of the propagation of multiple cracks in a finite plane using the distributed dislocation method

In this paper, an automated numerical simulation of the propagation of multiple cracks in a finite elastic plane by the distributed dislocation method is developed. Firstly, a solution to the problem of a two-dimensional finite elastic plane containing multiple straight cracks and kinked cracks is presented. A serial of distributed dislocations in an infinite plane are used to model all the cracks and the boundary of the finite plane. The mixed-mode stress intensity factors of all the cracks can be calculated by solving a system of singular integral equations with the Gauss–Chebyshev quadrature method. Based on the solution, the propagation of multiple cracks is modeled according to the maximum circumferential stress criterion and Paris' law. Several numerical examples are presented to show the accuracy and efficiency of this method for the simulation of multiple cracks in a 2D finite plane.     

Tensionless contact of a finite circular plate

A general formulation is developed for the contact behavior of a finite circular plate with a tensionless elastic foundation. The gap distance between the plate and elastic foundation is incorporated as an important parameter. Unlike the previous models with zero gap distance and large/infinite plate radius, which assumes the lift-off/separation of a flexural plate from its supporting elastic foundation, this study shows that lift-off may not occur. The results show how the contact area varies with the plate radius, boundary conditions and gap distance. When the plate radius becomes large enough and the gap distance is reduced to zero, the converged contact radius close to the previous ones is obtained.     

Stress intensity factors around a cylindrical crack in an interfacial zone in composite materials

Axisymmetric stresses around a cylindrical crack in an interfacial cylindrical layer between an infinite elastic medium with a cylindrical cavity and a circular elastic cylinder made of another material have been determined. The material constants of the layer vary continuously from those of the infinite medium to those of the cylinder. Tension surrounding the cylinder and perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder is applied to the composite materials. To solve this problem, the interfacial layer is divided into several layers with different material properties. The boundary conditions are reduced to dual integral equations. The differences in the crack faces are expanded in a series so as to satisfy the conditions outside the crack. The unknown coefficients in the series are solved using the conditions inside the crack. Numerical calculations are performed for several thicknesses of the interfacial layer. Using these numerical results, the stress intensity factors are evaluated for infinitesimal thickness of the layer.     

On the problem of integrability of the axisymmetric boundary-value problem of dynamics for an inhomogeneous anisotropic finite cylinder

A closed solution is obtained for the axisymmetric boundary-value problem of dynamics for a finite cylinder with exponential elasticity and inertial inhomogeneity and a certain relationship between elastic constants on the basis of correlations of the linear theory of elasticity of an anisotropic inhomogeneous body. The boundary conditions are arbitrary on the curvilinear surface and are given in mixed form on the ends. The method of finite integral transforms is employed. Specific cases for cylinders of transverscly isotropic and isotropic homogeneous material are discussed. Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Samara, Russia. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 19–29, April, 1999.     

An elasticity solution for axisymmetric problem of finite circular cylinder

In this paper,the complete double-series in the closed region expressing the double-variable functions and their partial derivatives are derived by the H-transformation and Stockes’transformation.Using the double-series,a series solution for the axisymmetric boundary value problem of the elastic circular cylinder with finite length is presented.In a numerical example,the cylinder subjected to the axisymmetric tra(?)s with various loaded regions is investigated and the distributions of the displacements and stresses are obtained.It is possible to solve the axisymmetric boundary value problems in the cylinderical coordinates for other scientific fields by use of the method presented in this paper.