On the stress state of a piezoceramic body with a flat crack under symmetric loads

A static-equilibrium problem is solved for an electroelastic transversely isotropic medium with a flat crack of arbitrary shape located in the plane of isotropy. The medium is subjected to symmetric mechanical and electric loads. A relationship is established between the stress intensity factor (SIF) and electric-displacement intensity factor (EDIF) for an infinite piezoceramic body and the SIF for a purely elastic material with a crack of the same shape. This allows us to find the SIF and EDIF for an electroelastic material directly from the corresponding elastic problem, not solving electroelastic problems. As an example, the SIF and EDIF are determined for an elliptical crack in a piezoceramic body assuming linear behavior of the stresses and the normal electric displacement on the crack surface __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 11, pp. 67–77, November 2005.     

Modified boundary layer analysis of an electrode in an electrostrictive material

A thin electrode embedded in an electrostrictive material under electric loading is investigated. In order to obtain an asymptotic form of electric fields and elastic fields near the electrode edge, we consider a modified boundary layer problem of an electrode in an electrostrictive material under the small scale saturation condition. The exact electric solution for the electrode is obtained by using the complex function theory. It is found that the shape of the electric displacement saturation zone is sensitive to the transverse electric displacement. A perturbation solution of stress fields induced by incompatible electrostrictive strains for the small value of the transverse electric displacement is obtained. The influence of transverse electric displacement on a microcrack initiation from the electrode edge is also discussed.     

The behavior of a flat elliptical crack in an anisotropic elastic body

A method devolving upon the computation of certain influence coefficients is herein presented for determining the material displacements and stress in the vicinity of the edge of an elliptic crack within an arbitrarily anisotropic elastic body. In particular, compact line integral expressions for the stress intensity factors about the circumference of the crack and for the magnitude of the crack face displacement are derived. In all cases, the elastic body is assumed subject to uniform stress states far from the crack. Numerical results for a special example are also shown.     

Stress intensity factors and crack deviation conditions in a brittle anisotropic solid

For arbitrary anisotropy in the linear manifold of singular solutions generating square-root singularities of the crack tip stress, a special basis is introduced that possesses the same properties as in the isotropic case and provides simple integral representations for the attributes of the energy fracture criterion, in particular, the conditions of crack deviation from a straight path. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 98–107, May–June, 2005.     

压电材料椭圆切口的力学分析

在线性压电本构方程框架下，用复势函数方法对椭圆切口模型进行了精确的数值计算。完整地考虑了各向异性力电耦合效应以及切口内不同电介质的介电性质。给出了切口内部不同介电性质对压电材料内部应力的影响。指出了Sosa文章里的一些计算错误。由于现在文献中很少有关于电导通边界条件下理论解的数值结果，所以本文同时提供了不同电边界条件下理论解的数值结果，所以本文同时提供了不同电边界条件下的理论解的数值结果。最后通过最小势能原理建立了8结点有限元模型，对椭圆切口问题进行了计算并与理论解进行了仔细比较。     

Singularities of an interface crack in electrostrictive materials

In the present work, the singularities of an interface crack between two dissimilar electrostrictive materials under electric loads are investigated. Within the framework of two-dimensional deformation, the problem is solved using the complex variable method. Three crack models, that is, permeable, impermeable and conducting crack models are considered individually. Complex potentials and intensity factors of total stresses are derived by considering both the Maxwell stresses in the surrounding space at infinity and inside the crack. It is found that, for the above three crack models, the singularities of total stress are the same as those in traditional bi-materials with an interface crack; however, the intensities of the total stress depend on the actual crack model used.     

THE PRECISE AND NEW ANALYSIS FOR A MODE Ⅲ GROWING CRACK IN AN ELASTIC-PERFECTLY PLASTIC SOLID

The near crack line field analysis method has been used to investigate into ModeⅢ quasistatically propagating crack in an elastic-perfectly plastic material.Thesignificance of this paper is that the usual small scale yielding theory has been brokenthrough.By obtaining the general solutions of the stresses and the displacement rate ofthe near crack line plastic region,and by matching the general solutions with theprecise elastic fields(not the usual elastic K-dominant fields)at the elastic-plasticboundary,the precise and new solutions of the stress and deformation fields,the sizeof the plastic region and the unit normal vector of the elastic-plastic boundary havebeen obtained near the crack line.The solutions of this paper are sufficiently precisenear the crack line region because the roughly qualitative assumptions of the smallscale yielding theory have not been used and no other roughly qualitative assumptionshave been taken,either.The analysis of this paper shows that the assumingly“steady-state cas     

Elastic state of a transversely isotropic piezoelectric body with an arbitrarily oriented elliptic crack

The elastic stress state in a piezoelectric body with an arbitrarily oriented elliptic crack under mechanical and electric loads is analyzed. The solution is obtained using triple Fourier transform and the Fourier-transformed Green’s function for an unbounded piezoelastic body. Solving the problem for the case of a crack lying in the isotropy plane, for which there is an exact solution, demonstrates that the approach is highly efficient. The distribution of the stress intensity factors along the front of a crack in a piezoelectric body under uniform mechanical loading is analyzed numerically for different orientations of the crack __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 39–48, February 2008.     

Discussion on the SIF for points on border of elliptical flat crack inside infinite solid under uniform tension

Using the results of crack surface displacement field in Green-Sneddon’s solution[1] and coordinate transformation, this paper has derived an expression K₁(x₁,z₁,a) for SIF at any point and at any orientation on the border of elliptical flat crack inside infinite solid under uniform tension. As a complement of Irwin’s work[3], it is shown that for any pointed point on the elliptical border the SIF defined on normal plane takes the maximum value. And it should be pointed out that in some works some idea concerning Irvin’s contents is open to question. An expression K₁ in terms of polar angle which is more intuitional than centrifugal angle is proposed for SIF at any point on the elliptical border.     

EXACT SOLUTIONS OF NEAR CRACK LINE FIELDS FOR MODE I CRACK UNDER PLANE STRESS CONDITION IN AN ELASTIC－PERFECTLY PLASTIC SOLID

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爆炸载荷下板条边界斜裂纹的动态扩展行为

为了研究爆炸应力波作用下板条边界斜裂纹的动态扩展行为,首先分析了爆炸应力波在含边界斜裂纹板条中的传播,其次采用动态焦散线实验方法,进行了爆炸载荷下板条边界斜裂纹扩展规律的实验研究.研究结果表明,爆炸应力波作用下,板条试件边界斜裂纹的扩展过程中,裂纹扩展速度、扩展加速度和裂尖动态应力强度因子随时间波动变化,扩展速度最大值...     

Three dimensional K-T z stress fields around the embedded center elliptical crack front in elastic plates

Through detailed three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) calculations, the out-of-plane constraints T_z along embedded center-elliptical cracks in mode I elastic plates are studied. The distributions of T_z are obtained near the crack front with aspect ratios (a/c) of 0.2, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0. T_z decreases from an approximate value of Poisson ratio ν at the crack tip to zero with increasing normalized radial distances (r/a) in the normal plane of the crack front line, and increases gradually when the elliptical parameter angle ϕ changes from 0° to 90°at the same r/a. With a/c rising to 1.0, T_z is getting nearly independent of ϕ and is only related to r/a. Based on the present FE calculations for T_z, empirical formulas for T_z are obtained to describe the 3D distribution of T_z for embedded center-elliptical cracks using the least squares method in the range of 0.2≤a/c≤1.0. These T_z results together with the corresponding stress intensity factor K are well suitable for the analysis of the 3D embedded center-elliptical crack front field, and a two-parameter K-T_z principle is proposed. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50275073) The English text was polished by Keren Wang.     

Temperature field at time of pulse current discharge in metal structure with elliptical embedding crack

Theoretical analysis is made on the temperature field at the time of pulse current discharge in a metal structure with an elliptical embedding crack. In finding the temperature field, analogy between the current flow through an elliptical embedding crack and the fluid flow through a barrier is made based on the similarity principle. Boundary conditions derived from this theory are introduced so that the distribution of current density and the temperature field expressions can be obtained. The study provides a theoretic basis to the applications of stopping spatial crack with electromagnetic heating.     

Asymptotic analysis of an impermeable crack in an electrostrictive material subjected to electric loading

The simple asymptotic problem of an impermeable crack in an electrostrictive ceramic under electric loading is analyzed. Closed form solutions of elastic fields are obtained by using the complex function theory. It is found that the K_I-dominant region is very small compared to the electric saturation zone. A fracture parameter for an electrostrictive material subjected to electric loading is discussed. In order to investigate the influence of the transverse electric displacement on fracture behavior under the small-scale conditions, we also consider the modified boundary layer problem of a crack in an electrostrictive material. Analytic solutions of electric displacement fields for the asymptotic problem are obtained based on the nonlinear dielectric theory from a modified boundary layer analysis. The shape of the electric displacement saturation zone is shown to depend on the transverse electric displacement. Stress intensity factors induced by the electrostrictive strains are evaluated using the nonlinear solution of the electric displacements. It is found that the transverse electric displacement affects strongly the variation of the mode mixity.     

Effect of the compliant interlayer on the dynamic stress intensity factor in a piecewise-homogeneous solid with a circular crack

The dynamic behavior of a circular crack in an elastic composite consisting of two dissimilar half-spaces connected by a thin compliant interlayer is studied. One half-space contains a defect aligned perpendicular to the interlayer; the defect surfaces are loaded by normal harmonic forces, which ensures the symmetry of the stress-strain state. The thin interlayer is modeled by conditions of a nonideal contact of the half-spaces. The problem is reduced to a boundary integral equation with respect to the function of dynamic opening of the defect. The numerical solution of this equation yields frequency dependences of the mode I stress intensity factor in the vicinity of the crack for different values of interlayer thickness and relations between the moduli of elasticity of the composite components. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 197–207, May–June, 2008.     

Higher-order analysis of near-tip fields around an interfacial crack between two dissimilar power law hardening materials

By means of an asymptotic expansion method of a regular series, an exact higher-order analysis has been carried out for the near-tip fields of an interfacial crack between two different elastic-plastic materials. The condition of plane strain is invoked. Two group of solutions have been obtained for the crack surface conditions: (1) traction free and (2) frictionless contact, respectively. It is found that along the interface ahead of crack tip the stress fields are co-order continuous while the displacement fields are cross-order continuous. The zone of dominance of the asymptotic solutions has been estimated. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China     

Normal compression wave scattering by a permeable crack in a fluid-saturated poroelastic solid

A mathematical formulation is presented for the dynamic stress intensity factor (mode I) of a finite permeable crack subjected to a time-harmonic propagating longitudi-nal wave in an infinite poroelastic solid. In particular, the effect of the wave-induced fluid flow due to the presence of a liquid-saturated crack on the dynamic stress intensity fac-tor is analyzed. Fourier sine and cosine integral transforms in conjunction with Helmholtz potential theory are used to formulate the mixed boundary-value problem as dual inte-gral equations in the frequency domain. The dual integral equations are reduced to a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. It is found that the stress intensity factor mono-tonically decreases with increasing frequency, decreasing the fastest when the crack width and the slow wave wavelength are of the same order. The characteristic frequency at which the stress intensity factor decays the fastest shifts to higher frequency values when the crack width decreases.