Mixed interface problems for anisotropic elastic bodies

Three-dimensional mathematical problems of the elasticity theory of anisotropic piecewise homogeneous bodies are discussed. A mixed type boundary contact problem is considered where, on one part of the interface, rigid contact conditions are give (jumps of the displacement and the stress vectors are known), while on the remaining part screen or crack type boundary conditions are imposed. The investigation is carried out by means of the potential method and the theory of pseudodifferential equations on manifolds with boundary.     

A boundary integral equation method for three-dimensional crack problems in elasticity

This paper presents a solution procedure for three-dimensional crack problems via first kind boundary integral equations on the crack surface. The Dirichlet (Neumann) problem is reduced to a system of integral equations for the jump of the traction (of the field) across the crack surface. The calculus of pseudodifferential operators is used to derive existence and regularity of the solutions of the integral equations. With the concept of the principal symbol and the Wiener-Hopf technique we derive the explicit behavior of the densities of the integral equations near the edge of the crack surface. Based on the detailed regularity results we show how to improve the boundary element Galerkin method for our integral equations. Quasi-optimal asymptotic estimates for the Galerkin error are given.     

Mixed Boundary Value Problems of Thermopiezoelectricity for Solids with Interior Cracks

We investigate asymptotic properties of solutions to mixed boundary value problems of thermopiezoelectricity (thermoelectroelasticity) for homogeneous anisotropic solids with interior cracks. Using the potential methods and theory of pseudodifferential equations on manifolds with boundary we prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions. The singularities and asymptotic behaviour of the mechanical, thermal and electric fields are analysed near the crack edges and near the curves, where the types of boundary conditions change. In particular, for some important classes of anisotropic media we derive explicit expressions for the corresponding stress singularity exponents and demonstrate their dependence on the material parameters. The questions related to the so called oscillating singularities are treated in detail as well. This research was supported by the Georgian National Science Foundation grant GNSF/ST07/3-170 and by the German Research Foundation grant DFG 436 GEO113/8/0-1.     

The inviscid limit of the incompressible anisotropic Navier–Stokes equations with the non-slip boundary condition

In this paper, we study the asymptotic behavior for the incompressible anisotropic Navier–Stokes equations with the non-slip boundary condition in a half space of ${\mathbb{R}^3}$ when the vertical viscosity goes to zero. Firstly, by multi-scale analysis, we formally deduce an asymptotic expansion of the solution to the problem with respect to the vertical viscosity, which shows that the boundary layer appears in the tangential velocity field and satisfies a nonlinear parabolic–elliptic coupled system. Also from the expansion, it is observed that away from the boundary the solution of the anisotropic Navier–Stokes equations formally converges to a solution of a degenerate incompressible Navier–Stokes equation. Secondly, we study the well-posedness of the problems for the boundary layer equations and then rigorously justify the asymptotic expansion by using the energy method. We obtain the convergence results of the vanishing vertical viscosity limit, that is, the solution to the incompressible anisotropic Navier–Stokes equations tends to the solution to degenerate incompressible Navier–Stokes equations away from the boundary, while near the boundary, it tends to the boundary layer profile, in both the energy space and the L ^∞ space.     

The symmetry principle in continuum mechanics

For problems of the mechanics of an anisotropic inhomogeneous continuum, theorems are given concerning the uninterrupted symmetrical and antisymmetrical analytical continuation of the solution through the plane part of the boundary surface of the medium. Theorems are given for two types of mechanics problem; in the first of these both symmetrical and antisymmetrical continuations of the solution are allowed, while in the second only symmetrical continuation of the solution is allowed. Problems of the first type include problems which are reduced to linear thermoelastic dynamic differential equations of motion of an inhomogeneous anisotropic medium possessing a plane of elastic symmetry, to linear thermoelastic dynamic differential equations of motion of an inhomogeneous Cosserat medium, to non-linear differential equations describing the static elastoplastic stress state of a plate, etc. The second type includes problems which are reduced to non-linear differential equations describing geometrically non-linear strains of shells, to Navier–Stokes equations, etc. These theorems extend the principle of mirror reflection (the Riemann–Schwartz principle of symmetry) to linear and non-linear equations of continuum mechanics. The uninterrupted continuation of the solutions is used to solve problems of the equilibrium state of bodies of complex shape.     

The applicability of continuum models in the transitional regime of hypersonic flow over blunt bodies

Hypersonic rarefied gas flow over blunt bodies in the transitional flow regime (from continuum to free-molecule) is investigated. Asymptotically correct boundary conditions on the body surface are derived for the full and thin viscous shock layer models. The effect of taking into account the slip velocity and the temperature jump in the boundary condition along the surface on the extension of the limits of applicability of continuum models to high free-stream Knudsen numbers is investigated. Analytic relations are obtained, by an asymptotic method, for the heat transfer coefficient, the skin friction coefficient and the pressure as functions of the free-stream parameters and the geometry of the body in the flow field at low Reynolds number; the values of these coefficients approach their values in free-molecule flow (for unit accommodation coefficient) as the Reynolds number approaches zero. Numerical solutions of the thin viscous shock layer and full viscous shock layer equations, both with the no-slip boundary conditions and with boundary conditions taking into account the effects slip on the surface are obtained by the implicit finite-difference marching method of high accuracy of approximation. The asymptotic and numerical solutions are compared with the results of calculations by the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method for flow over bodies of different shape and for the free-stream conditions corresponding to altitudes of 75–150 km of the trajectory of the Space Shuttle, and also with the known solutions for the free-molecule flow regine. The areas of applicability of the thin and full viscous shock layer models for calculating the pressure, skin friction and heat transfer on blunt bodies, in the hypersonic gas flow are estimated for various free-stream Knudsen numbers.     

Non-classical interface problems for piecewise homogeneous anisotropic elastic bodies

Two non-classical model interface problems for piecewise homogeneous anisotropic bodies are studied. In both problems on the contact surface jumps of the normal components of displacement and stress vectors are given. In addition, in the first problem (Problem H) the tangent components of the displacement vectors are given from both sides of the contact surface, while in the second one (Problem G) the tangent components of the stress vectors are prescribed on the same surface. The existence and uniqueness theorems are proved by means of the boundary integral equation method, and representations of solutions by single layer potentials are established. In the investigation the general approach of regularization of the first kind of integral equations is worked out for the case of two-dimensional closed smooth manifolds. An equivalent global regularizer operator is constructed explicitly in the form of a singular integro-differential operator.     

Asymptotic analysis in the anti-plane high-frequency diffraction by interface cracks

In the anti-plane problem about a high-frequency diffraction by an interface crack located between two different elastic materials we propose a new asymptotic approach, which reduces the problem to the Wiener–Hopf integral equations. The key point of the method is a factorization of the symbolic function which is performed in an efficient way. As a result, the leading asymptotic term is written out in an explicit analytical form.     

Mixed boundary-value problems in the theory of elasticity of thin laminated bodies of variable thickness consisting of anisotropic inhomogeneous materials

Starting from the three-dimensional equations of the theory of thermoelasticity, two-dimensional equations for thin laminated bodies are derived in a general formulation and solved by an asymptotic method. The bodies and layers, consisting of anisotropic and inhomogeneous materials (with respect to two longitudinal coordinates), bounded by arbitrary smooth non-intersecting surfaces, also have variable thicknesses. Recursion formulae are derived for determining the components of the stress tensor and the displacement vector when the kinematic or mixed boundary conditions of the static boundary-value problem of the theory of thermoelasticity are specified on the faces of the body, assuming that the corresponding heat conduction problem is solved. An algorithm for constructing of the analytical solutions of the boundary-value problems formulated is developed using modern computational facilities.     

Mixed impedance transmission problems for vibrating layered elastic bodies

Direct scattering problems for partially coated piecewise homogenous and inhomogeneous layered obstacles in linear elasticity lead to mixed impedance transmission problems for the steady‐state elastic oscillation equations. For a piecewise homogenous isotropic composite body, we employ the potential method and reduce the mixed impedance transmission problem to an equivalent system of boundary pseudodifferential equations. We give a detailed analysis of the corresponding pseudodifferential operators, which live on the interface between the layers and on a proper submanifold of the boundary of the composite elastic body, and establish uniqueness and existence results for the original mixed impedance transmission problem for arbitrary values of the oscillation frequency parameter; this is crucial in the study of inverse elastic scattering problems for partially coated layered obstacles. We also investigate regularity properties of solutions near the collision curves, where the different boundary conditions collide, and establish almost best Hölder smoothness results. Further, we analyze the asymptotic behavior of the stress vector near the collision curve and derive explicit formulas for the stress singularity exponents. The case of Lipschitz surfaces is briefly treated separately. In the case of a composite body containing homogeneous or inhomogeneous finite anisotropic inclusions, we develop an alternative hybrid method based on the so‐called nonlocal approach and reduce the mixed transmission problem to an equivalent functional‐variational equation with a sesquilinear form that ‘lives’ on a bounded part of the layered composite body and its boundary. We show that this sesquilinear form is coercive and that the corresponding variational equation is uniquely solvable. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An improved boundary element Galerkin method for three-dimensional crack problems

In this paper we analyze the solution of crack problems in three-dimensional linear elasticity by equivalent integral equations of the first kind on the crack surface. Besides existence and uniqueness we give sharp regularity results for the solution of these pseudodifferential equations. Two versions of Eskin's Wiener-Hopf technique are presented: the first one requires the factorization of matrix-valued symbols which is avoided in the second case. Based on these regularity results we show how to improve the boundary element Galerkin method for our integral equations by using special singular trial functions. We apply the approximation property and inverse assumption of these elements together with duality arguments and derive quasi-optimal asymptotic error estimates in a scale of Sobolev spaces.Dedicated to Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. L. Wendland on the occasion of his 50th birthday.A part of this work was done while the first author was a guest at the Georgia Institute of Technology and while the second author was partially supported by the NSF grant DMS-8501797.     

Dynamics of Bianchi Type I Solutions of the Einstein Equations with Anisotropic Matter

We analyze the global dynamics of Bianchi type I solutions of the Einstein equations with anisotropic matter. The matter model is not specified explicitly but only through a set of mild and physically motivated assumptions; thereby our analysis covers matter models as different from each other as, e.g., collisionless matter, elastic matter and magnetic fields. The main result we prove is the existence of an ‘anisotropy classification’ for the asymptotic behaviour of Bianchi type I cosmologies. The type of asymptotic behaviour of generic solutions is determined by one single parameter that describes certain properties of the anisotropic matter model under extreme conditions. The anisotropy classification comprises the following types. The convergent type A₊: Each solution converges to a Kasner solution as the singularity is approached and each Kasner solution is a possible past asymptotic state. The convergent types B₊ and C₊: Each solution converges to a Kasner solution as the singularity is approached; however, the set of Kasner solutions that are possible past asymptotic states is restricted. The oscillatory type D₊: Each solution oscillates between different Kasner solutions as the singularity is approached. Furthermore, we investigate non-generic asymptotic behaviour and the future asymptotic behaviour of solutions. Submitted: October 28, 2008.; Accepted: January 26, 2009.     

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.     

Elastodynamic Problem of an Interface Linear Crack under Harmonic Loading

The present work is devoted to application of boundary integral equations to the 2D problem for a linear crack located on the bimaterial interface under harmonic loading. The system of linear algebraic equations is derived to solve the problem numerically. The distribution of the displacements and tractions at the bonding interface and the surface of the crack are obtained for the case of the tension–compression wave which propagates normally to the interface. The results are compared with those obtained for the static case. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

General Transmission Problems in the Theory of Elastic Oscillations of Anisotropic Bodies (Basic Interface Problems)

Here we discuss three-dimensional so-called basic and mixed boundary value problems (BVP) for steady state oscillations of piecewise homogeneous anisotropic bodies imbedded into an infinite elastic continuum. Uniqueness is shown with the help of generalized Sommerfeld–Kupradze radiation conditions, while existence follows for arbitrary values of the oscillation parameter by the reduction of the original interface transmission BVPs to equivalent uniquely solvable boundary integral or pseudodifferential equations on the interfaces. For the basic BVPs, we show classical regularity and, in addition for the mixed BVPs that the solutions are Hölder continuous with exponent α ∈ (0, 1/2) in the neighbourhood of the curves of discontinuity of the boundary and transmission conditions.     

Non - Classical Mixed Interface Problems for Anisotropic Bodies

The paper deals with the three-dimensional mathematical problems of the elasticity theory of anisotropic piece-wise homogeneous bodies. Non - classical mixed type boundary value problems are studied when on one part (S₁) of the interface the rigid contact conditions (jumps of displacement and stress vectors) are given, while conditions of the non - classical interface Problem H or Problem G are imposed on the remaining part (S₂) of the interface, i. e., in both cases jumps of the normal components of displacement and stress vectors are known on S₂ and, in addition, in the first one (Problem H) the tangent components of the displacement vector and in the second one (Problem G) the tangent components of the stress vector are given from the both sides on S₂. The investigation is carried out by the potential method and the theory of pseudodifferential equations on manifolds with boundary.     

三维横观各向同性介质界面裂纹的边界积分方程方法

基于两相三维横观各向同性介质的基本解和Somigliana恒等式,对三维横观各向同性介质中的任意形状的平片界面裂纹,以裂纹面上的不连续位移为待求参量建立了超奇异积分_微分方程,界面平行于横观各向同性面.根据发散积分的有限部积分理论,应用积分方程方法研究得到裂纹前沿的位移和应力场的表达式、奇性指数以及应力强度因子的不连续位移表达式.在非震荡情形下,超奇异积分_微分方程退化为超奇异积分方程,与均匀介质的超奇异积分方程形式完全相同.     

弹性-幂硬化蠕变性材料Ⅱ型界面裂纹准静态扩展的渐近分析

建立了弹性-幂硬化蠕变性材料Ⅱ型界面裂纹准静态扩展的力学模型,求得了在裂纹表面自由和裂纹面有摩擦接触两种情况下,裂纹尖端应力场分离变量形式的渐近解．求解结果表明:Ⅱ型界面裂纹问题的应力、应变具有相同的奇异性;Ⅱ型界面裂纹尖端场不存在振荡奇异性;材料的幂硬化指数n和弹性模量比对裂纹尖端应力场幂硬化蠕变性材料区有着显著的影响,而弹性区仅受幂硬化指数n的影响,当n很大时,蠕变变形占主导地位,应力场趋于稳定,不随n的变化而变化;泊松比对裂纹尖端应力场的影响不明显．     

Artificial boundary conditions for Petrovsky systems of second order in exterior domains and in other domains of conical type

The approximation of solutions to boundary value problems on unbounded domains by those on bounded domains is one of the main applications for artificial boundary conditions. Based on asymptotic analysis, here a new method is presented to construct local artificial boundary conditions for a very general class of elliptic problems where the main asymptotic term is not known explicitly. Existence and uniqueness of approximating solutions are proved together with asymptotically precise error estimates. One class of important examples includes boundary value problems for anisotropic elasticity and piezoelectricity. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global existence and asymptotic behavior of smooth solutions to a bipolar Euler–Poisson equation in a bound domain

In this paper, we present a bipolar hydrodynamic model from semiconductor devices and plasmas, which takes the form of bipolar isentropic Euler–Poisson with electric field and frictional damping added to the momentum equations. We firstly prove the existence of the stationary solutions. Next, we present the global existence and the asymptotic behavior of smooth solutions to the initial boundary value problem for a one-dimensional case in a bounded domain. The result is shown by an elementary energy method. Compared with the corresponding initial data case, we find that the asymptotic state is the stationary solution.