Penny-shaped crack in a piezoelectric cylinder under electro-mechanical loads

Summary The fracture behavior of a penny-shaped crack in a axisymmetrical piezoelectric ceramic cylinder of finite radius under mechanical and electrical loads is analyzed under electric continuous boundary conditions on the crack surface. The potential theory and Hankel transform are used to obtain a system of dual integral equations, which is then expressed as a Fredholm integral equation. Singular mechanical and electrical fields and field intensity factors of mode I are obtained. The numerical values of various field intensity factors for PZT-6B piezoelectric ceramics are graphically shown for a uniform load and a ring-shaped load, respectively. The effects of the radius of the cylinder on the field intensity factors are investigated. This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant (KRF-2001-041-E00057).     

Penny-shaped crack in a long circular cylinder subjected to a uniform shearing stress

This paper contains an analysis of the stress distribution in a long circular cylinder of elastic material containing a penny-shaped crack when it is deformed by the application of a uniform shearing stress. The crack with its center on the axis of the cylinder lies on the plane perpendicular to that axis, and the cylindrical surface is stress-free. By making a suitable representation of the stress function for the problem, the problem is reduced to the solution of a pair of Fredholm integral equations of second kind. These are solved numerically, and the percentage increase in the stress intensity factor due to the effect of the finite radius of the cylinder is presented in graphical form for various proximity ratios.     

Interaction of elastic waves with a penny-shaped crack in an infinitely long cylinder

This paper contains an analysis of the interaction of longitudinal waves with a penny-shaped crack located in an infinitely long elastic cyclinder. The problem is reduced to a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind which is solved numerically for a range of values of the frequency of the incident waves and the radius of the cylinder. Numerical values of the dynamic stress intensity factor at the rim of the crack have been calculated.     

A penny-shaped crack in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric layer

In this paper, we develop a model to treat penny-shaped crack configuration in a piezoelectric layer of finite thickness. The piezoelectric layer is subjected to axially symmetric mechanical and electrical loads. Hankel transform technique is used to reduce the problem to the solution of a system of integral equations. A numerical solution for the crack tip fields is obtained for different crack radius and crack position.     

Transient thermal elastic fracture of a piezoelectric cylinder specimen

A finite piezoelectric cylinder with an embedded penny-shaped crack is investigated for a thermal shock load on the outer surface of the cylinder. The theory of linear electro-elasticity is applied to solve the transient temperature field and the associated thermal stresses and electrical displacements without crack. These thermal stresses and electrical displacements are added to the surfaces of the crack to form an electromechanical coupling and mixed mode boundary-value problem. The electrically permeable crack face boundary condition assumption is used, and the thermal stress intensity factor and electrical displacement intensity factor at the crack border are evaluated. The thermal shock resistance of the piezoelectric cylinder is evaluated for the analysis of piezoelectric material failure in practical engineering applications.     

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     

Axisymmetric response of a cracked fiber in matrix

Solved is the problem of a penny-shaped crack in a fiber surrounded by a finite radius matrix subjected to uniform axial strain. The stress intensity factor at the crack edge and the maximum stresses at the interface are examined. These quantities depend on the elastic moduli of the fiber and the matrix, the interface properties, the fiber volume fraction and the crack length. The axisymmetric results are compared with those in plane extension. They are discussed in relation to possible crack growth directions depending on assumed interface strength.     

Non-axisymmetric loadings of a cracked cylinder

A general method is developed to determine the stress-intensity factor for a penny-shaped crack embedded in an elastic circular cylinder and deformed by non-axisymmetric normal stresses. The surface of the cylinder is assumed to be stress free. Numerical values of the stress-intensity factor are presented for a cylinder subjected to transverse bending.     

Internally indented penny-shaped cracks: A comparison of analytical and boundary integral equation estimates

The problem of the axisymmetric internal indentation of a penny-shaped crack by a rigid circular inclusion is discussed. The paper presents a comparison of analytical and boundary integral equation results for the stress intensity factor at the boundary of the penny-shaped crack indented by a smooth inclusion. Numerical results presented in the paper examines the influence of features such as adhesion at the inclusion-elastic medium interface and finite geometry of the elastic solid containing the penny shaped crack.     

用非局部弹性场论研究圆盘状裂纹问题

本文采用非局部弹性理论。用Love位移函数导出三维轴对称问题的非局部弹性应力的一般形式解,并求解了圆盘裂纹问题。得到了裂纹尖端区的应力是有界的,再次证实了非局部理论模型求解断裂力学问题的正确性。     

Natural convection in vertical concentric annuli under a radial magnetic field

Exact solutions for fully developed natural convection in open-ended vertical concentric annuli under a radial magnetic field are presented. Expressions for velocity field, temperature field, mass flow rate and skin-friction are given, under more general thermal boundary conditions. It is observed that both velocity as well as temperature of the fluid is more in case of isothermal condition compared with constant heat flux case when gap between cylinders is less or equal to radius of inner cylinder while reverse phenomena occur when the gap between cylinders is greater than radius of inner cylinder.     

On the study of a penny-shaped crack in nonlocal elasticity

This article is concerned with the penny-shaped crack in an infinite body subjected to a uniform pressure on the surface of the carck in nonlocal elasticity. Making use of Love function in classical elasticity, we reduce the stress solution of an axisymmetric problem of the penny-shaped crack. The result of this article shows the stress on the crack tip is finite and demonstrates again the correctness of the nonlocal model for solving problems in fracture mechanics.Project Supported by the Science Foundation of the Chinese Academy     

Interaction between annular crack and rigid disc inclusion in a transversely isotropic solid

An analytical approach has been presented to analyze the asymmetric and axisymmetric interactions between an annular crack and a rigid disc inclusion embedded in a transversely isotropic full-space. With the aid of a method of potential functions, Hankel and Abel transforms, the solution of the problems is reduced to a system of Fredholm integral equations, which are solved by using a numerical method. In each case, the stiffness of the disc inclusion and the stress intensity factor at the tips of the annular crack for different degrees of material anisotropy and different ratios of the inner and outer radius of the crack are illustrated graphically. Several limiting cases such as penny-shaped crack and external crack along with some exact solutions are presented to demonstrate the efficiency of the method.     

Spheroidal inhomogeneity in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric medium

Summary Piezoelectric material containing an inhomogeneity with different electroelastic properties is considered. The coupled electroelastic fields within the inclusion satisfy a system of integral equations solved in a closed form in the case of an ellipsoidal inclusion. The solution is utilized to find the concentration of the electroelastic fields around an inhomogeneity, and to derive the expression for the electric enthalpy of the electroelastic medium with an ellipsoidal inclusion that is relevant for various applications. Explicit closed-form expressions are found for the electroelastic fields within a spheroidal inclusion embedded in the transversely isotropic matrix. Results are specialized for a cylinder, a flat rigid disk and a crack. For a penny-shaped crack, the quantities entering the crack propagation criterion are found explicitly. Received 17 February 2000; accepted for publication 9 May 2000     

Effect of induced magnetic field on natural convection in vertical concentric annuli

In the present paper,we have considered the steady fully developed laminar natural convective flow in open ended vertical concentric annuli in the presence of a radial magnetic field.The induced magnetic field produced by the motion of an electrically conducting fluid is taken into account.The transport equations concerned with the considered model are first recast in the non-dimensional form and then unified analytical solutions for the velocity,induced magnetic field and temperature field are obtained for the cases of isothermal and constant heat flux on the inner cylinder of concentric annuli.The effects of the various physical parameters appearing into the model are demonstrated through graphs and tables.It is found that the magnitude of maximum value of the fluid velocity as well as induced magnetic field is greater in the case of isothermal condition compared with the constant heat flux case when the gap between the cylinders is less or equal to 1.70 times the radius of inner cylinder,while reverse trend occurs when the gap between the cylinders is greater than 1.71 times the radius of inner cylinder.These fields are almost the same when the gap between the cylinders is equal to 1.71 times the radius of inner cylinder for both the cases.It is also found that as the Hartmann number increases,there is a flattening tendency for both the velocity and the induced magnetic field.The influence of the induced magnetic field is to increase the velocity profiles.     

WEIGHT FUNCTION FOR STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS IN ROTATING THICK-WALLED CYLINDER

The equation of stress intensity factors(SIF) of internally pressurized thick- walled cylinder was used as the reference case.SIF equation of rotating thick-walled cylinder containing a radial crack along the internal bore was presented in weight function method.The weight fumction formulas were worked out and can be used for all kinds of depth of cracks,rotating speed,material,size of thick-walled cylinder to calculate the stress intensity factors.The results indicated the validity and effectiveness of these formulas.Meanwhile,the rules of the stress intensity factors in rotating thick-walled cylinder with the change of crack depths and the ratio of outer radius to inner radius were studied.The studies are valuable to engineering application.     

On the buckling of the elastic and viscoelastic composite circular thick plate with a penny-shaped crack

Buckling problem of the elastic and viscoelastic rotationally symmetric thick circular plate with a penny-shaped crack is investigated. It is supposed that the crack edges have a small initial rotationally symmetric imperfection. The lateral boundary of the plate is clamped and the clamp compresses this plate circumferentially and inwards by a fixed radial displacement. The investigations are carried out in the framework of the exact geometrically non-linear equations of the theory of viscoelasticity and as a buckling criterion the case for which the initial imperfection of the crack edges start to increase indefinitely is taken. Numerical results are obtained using the Laplace transform and finite element method and are compared with the known ones for elastic composites.     

Transonic expansion of a penny-shaped crack

The problem of a penny-shaped crack propagating in an unbounded isotropic linear elastic body is solved. The crack expands from a zero radius in a self-similar manner and is assumed to have speed larger than the S-wave speed and less than the P-wave speed. A tensile load is directed normal to the crack at infinity. The method of self-similar potentials and rotational superposition are applied. Attention is given to the stress singularity at the crack border.     

Penny-shaped crack in a fiber-reinforced matrix

Using the slender inclusion model developed earlier the elastostatic interaction problem between a penny-shaped crack and elastic fibers in an elastic matrix is formulated. For a single set and for multiple sets of fibers oriented perpendicularly to the plane of the crack and distributed symmetrically on concentric circles the problem is reduced to a system of singular integral equations. Techniques for the regularization and for the numerical solution of the system are outlined. For various fiber geometries numerical examples are given and distribution of the stress intensity factor along the crack border is obtained. Sample results showing the distribution of the fiber stress and a measure of the fiber-matrix interface shear are also included.     

On One Contact Problem in Fracture Mechanics for a Normally Incident Tension–Compression Wave

The contact interaction of the faces of a penny-shaped crack in a three-dimensional space is studied for the case of normal incidence of a harmonic tension–compression wave. The problem is solved by the method of boundary integral equations. The dependence of the mode I stress intensity factor on the wave number is studied. The solution is compared with the results obtained for a penny-shaped crack when the contact interaction is neglected.