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.     

Stress channelling in transversely isotropic elastic composites

Résumé Une théorie a déjà été proposée au sujet des matériaux à fibres de renforcement où l'on supposait que ces dernières étaient inextensibles et uniformément distribuées dans un composite considéré comme incompressible. Cependant, quelques unes des prédictions de cette théorie semblent être fondamentalement en désaccord avec la théorie classique de l'élasticité. Il est démontré ici que les résultats inattendus de cette théorie correspondent en fait à des cas limites de la théorie classique de l'élasticité pour des matériaux à isotropie transversale.     

Stress concentrations around holes in anisotropic laminated plates

A general approach based on a stress function, represented by two complex potentials, in conjunction with Cauchy's integral, is applied to the analysis of perforated anisotropic symmetrically laminated plates.Results are shown for composite plates under tension with elliptic and circular openings. The stress concentration factors were found to be quite sensitive to changes in plate anisotropy and heterogeneity, direction of external tensile force and form of hole.

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Résumé Une méthode d'approche générale basée sur une fonction de tension représentée par deux potentiels complexes en combinaison avec l'intégrale de Cauchy a été appliquée à l'analyse de plaques perforées anisotropiques, laminées symétriquement.Des résultats sont présentés pour des plaques composites sous tension avec perforations elliptiques et rondes. On a constaté que les facteurs de concentration de tension sont très sensibles aux changements de l'anisotropie et de l'hétérogénéité des plaques ainsi qu'à la direction des tensions extérieures et à la forme des perforations.

     

On the constitutive relations for isotropic and transversely isotropic materials

In this work the strain and stress spaces constitutive relations for isotropic and transversely isotropic softening materials are developed. The loading surface is considered in the strain space and the normality rule; the stress relaxation is proportional to the gradient of the loading surface, is adopted. It is found that the strain space plasticity theory allows us to describe the hardening, perfectly plastic and softening materials more accurately. The validity of the strain space constitutive relation for transversely isotropic materials are confirmed by comparing with the experimental data for fiber reinforced composite materials. Some numerical examples in two and three dimensional elasto-plastic problems for various loading–unloading conditions are presented, and give a very good agreement with the existing results.     

A finite deformation possible in transversely isotropic materials

Zusammenfassung Der Aufsatz beweist die Existenz einer Drei-Parameter-Familie von inhomogenen Deformationen mit konstanten Deformationsinvarianten. Diese Deformationen lassen sich in jedem anfänglich homogenen transversalisotropen, inkompressiblen elastischen Material durch Oberflächenkräfte aufrechterhalten.     

A transversely isotropic elastic model of geomaterials

Under consideration is the choice of parameters of a transversely isotropic elastic model for describing the linear deformation of geomaterials. We also discuss some analytical and numerical methods of solving the corresponding dynamic equations.     

Vibrations of isotropic viscoelastic shells

It is shown that the boundary value problems for viscoelastic and elastic shells coincide. The natural and forced vibrations of shells are investigated by the averaging method.Lomonosov Moscow State University. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 157–163, January–February, 1971.     

Deformation theory for gas-impregnated transversely isotropic materials

A mathematical model is constructed for a gas-impregnated transversely isotropic material. The material is modeled by a three-phase solid at each point of which there is a solid phase, and free and sorbed gas. Gas movement proceeds in two ways: by a crack and macropores system (filtration flow), and through microcracks (diffusion flow).Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Prikladnaya Mekhanika, No. 20, pp. 93–97, 1989.     

A strip cut in a transversely isotropic elastic solid

The three-dimensional problems of a strip cut in a transversely isotropic elastic space, when the isotropy planes are perpendicular to the plane of the cut, are investigated using the asymptotic methods developed by Aleksandrov and his coauthors. Two cases of the location of the strip cut are considered: along the first axis of a Cartesian system of coordinates (Problem A) or along the second axis (Problem B). Assuming that the normal load, applied to the sides of the cut (normal separation friction) can be represented by a Fourier series, one-dimensional integral equations of problems A and B are obtained, the symbols of the kernels of which are independent of the number of the term of the Fourier series. A closed solution of the problem is derived for a special approximation of the kernel symbol. Regular and singular asymptotic methods are also used to solve the integral equations by introducing a dimensionless geometrical parameter, representing the ratio of the period of the applied wavy normal load to the thickness of the cut strip. The normal stress intensity factor on the strip boundary is calculated using the three methods of solving the integral equations indicated.     

Thermal stresses in a plate with transversely isotropic material

In this paper the thermal stresses in a plate with transversely isotropic material have been obtained by the method of Hankel transforms. Three cases of surface temperature over a circular region of exposure with flux of heat, paraboloidal distribution and constant temperature with surface radiation have been considered. Numerical results are presented for the case of surface radiation.     

Thermoelastic deformation of a transversely isotropic compressed spheroid

An exact solution is presented for a static thermoelastic problem for a transversely isotropic compressed spheroid when an arbitrary temperature distribution is assigned on its surface. It is assumed that the surface of the spheroid is free of external forces. The general solution is expressed through four potential functions, each of which is harmonic in a certain coordinate system. The external and internal problems for the spheroid are investigated. The solution is constructed in the form of double series in products of trigonometric functions and associated Legendre functions.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Prikladnaya Mekhanika, No. 19, pp. 39–46, 1988.     

On natural frequencies of transversely isotropic circular plates

The paper discusses the impact of the material properties of transversely isotropic circular plates on its natural frequencies. Two refined theories of plates have been used to analyze the free vibration behavior of homogeneous plates. Both theories take into account normal and rotary inertias. Fundamental frequencies for plates with radial inhomogeneity have been obtained with the help of finite element package Comsol Multiphysics 5.0. It has been shown that the inhomogeneity of the plate have a profound impact on the first (lowest) frequency of the plate, while the plate orthotropy has a greater influence on the second and higher vibration mode [2] (Fig. 1, Table 1).