On a partially debonded rigid line inclusion penetrating a circular inhomogeneity

We derive closed-form solutions to the mixed boundary value problem of a partially debonded rigid line inclusion penetrating a circular elastic inhomogeneity under antiplane shear deformation. The two tips of the rigid line inclusion are just mutual mirror images with respect to the inhomogeneity/matrix interface, and the upper part of the rigid line inclusion is debonded from the surrounding materials. By using conformal mapping and the method of image, closed-form solutions are derived for three loading cases: (i) the matrix is subjected to remote uniform stresses; (ii) the matrix is subjected to a line force and a screw dislocation; and (iii) the inhomogeneity is subjected to a line force and a screw dislocation. In the mapped ξ-plane, the solutions for all the three loading cases are interpreted in terms of image singularities. For the remote loading case, explicit full-field expressions of all the field variables such as displacement, stress function and stresses are obtained. Also derived is the near tip asymptotic elastic field governed by two generalized stress intensity factors. The generalized stress intensity factors for all the three loading cases are derived.     

A circular inhomogeneity with a mixed-type imperfect interface in anti-plane shear

We present a rigorous study of the problem associated with a circular inhomogeneity embedded in an infinite matrix subjected to anti-plane shear deformations. The inhomogeneity and the matrix are each endowed with separate and distinct surface elasticities and are bonded together through a soft spring-type imperfect interphase layer. This combination is referred to in the literature as a ‘mixed-type imperfect interface’ due to the fact that the soft interphase layer (described by the spring model) is bounded by two stiff interfaces arising from the separate surface elasticities of the inhomogeneity and the matrix. The entire composite is subjected to remote shear stresses and we allow for the presence of a screw dislocation in either the inhomogeneity or the matrix. The corresponding boundary value problem is reduced to two coupled second-order differential equations for the two analytic functions defined in the two phases (as well as their analytical continuations) leading to solutions in either series or closed-form. The analysis indicates that the stress field in the composite and the image force acting on the screw dislocation can be described completely in terms of three size-dependent parameters and a size-independent mismatch parameter. Interestingly, in the absence of the screw dislocation, the size-dependent stress field inside the inhomogeneity is uniform. Several numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the solution for a screw dislocation located inside the matrix. The results show that it is permissible for the dislocation to have multiple equilibrium positions.     

压电复合材料圆形夹杂中螺型位错和界面裂纹的干涉分析

研究了无穷远纵向剪切和面内电场共同作用下,压电复合材料圆形夹杂中螺型位错与界面裂纹的电弹耦合干涉作用．运用Riemann-Schwarz 对称原理,并结合复变函数奇性主部分析方法,获得了该问题的一般解答．作为典型算例,求出了界面含一条裂纹时基体和夹杂区域复势函数和电弹性场的封闭形式解．应用广义Peach-Koehler公式,导出了位错力的解析表达式．分析了裂纹几何参数和材料的电弹性常数对位错力的影响规律．结果表明,界面裂纹对位错力和位错平衡位置有很强的扰动效应,当界面裂纹长度达到临界值时,可以改变位错力的方向．该结果可以作为格林函数研究圆形夹杂内裂纹和界面裂纹的干涉效应．其公式的退化结果与已有文献完全一致．     

压电螺型位错和含界面裂纹圆形夹杂的电弹干涉效应

研究了在无穷远反平面剪切和面内电场共同作用下压电材料基体中一个压电螺型位错与含界面裂纹圆形弹性夹杂的电弹耦合干涉作用．运用复变函数方法,获得了该问题的一般解答．作为典型算例,求出了界面含一条裂纹时,基体和夹杂区域复势函数的封闭形式解以及裂纹尖端应力和电位移场强度因子．应用扰动技术和广义Peach-Koehler公式,导出了位错力的解析表达式．数值结果表明,界面裂纹对压电螺型位错与夹杂的干涉具有强烈扰动效应,当裂纹长度达到临界值时,可以改变其干涉机理．同时,分析说明压电材料中软夹杂可以排斥基体中的位错．     

压电螺型位错与含非理想界面层圆形夹杂的干涉效应

研究了位于压电材料基体或夹杂中任意点的压电螺型位错与含非理想界面层圆形夹杂的电弹性干涉问题．运用复变函数方法,获得了复势函数的精确解．由广义Peach-Koehler公式,导出了作用在螺型位错上的像力的精确表达式．讨论了不同参数对压电螺型位错的运动和平衡位置的影响规律．研究结果表明,对某些材料组合,当界面层的内界面是非理想界面且界面的非理想度达到一定值时,在基体中靠近界面处会出现两个位错的平衡位置,此现象未在以往研究(不考虑非理想界面)中观察到．     

Problems of a cut in a three-dimensional elastic wedge

The Ritz variational method is applied to problems of a crack (a cut) in the middle half-plane of a three-dimensional elastic wedge. The faces of the elastic wedge are either stress-free (Problem A) or are under conditions of sliding or rigid clamping (Problems B and C respectively). The crack is open and is under a specified normal load. Each of the problems reduces to an operator integrodifferential equation in relation to the jump in normal displacement in the crack area. The method selected makes it possible to calculate the stress intensity factor at a relatively small distance from the edge of the wedge to the cut area. Numerical and asymptotic solutions [Pozharskii DA. An elliptical crack in an elastic three-dimensional wedge. Izv. Ross Akad. Nauk. MTT 1993;(6):105–12] for an elliptical crack are compared. In the second part of the paper the case of a cut reaching the edge of the wedge at one point is considered. This models a V-shaped crack whose apex has reached the edge of the wedge, giving a new singular point in the solution of boundary-value problems for equations of elastic equilibrium. The asymptotic form of the normal displacements and stress in the vicinity of the crack tip is investigated. Here, the method employed in [Babeshko VA, Glushkov YeV, Zinchenko ZhF. The dynamics of Inhomogeneous Linearly Elastic Media. Moscow: Nauka; 1989] and [Glushkov YeV, Glushkova NV. Singularities of the elastic stress field in the vicinity of the tip of a V-shaped three-dimensional crack. Izv. Ross Akad. Nauk. MTT 1992;(4):82–6] to find the operator spectrum is refined. The new basis function system selected enables the elements of an infinite-dimensional matrix to be expressed as converging series. The asymptotic form of the normal stress outside a V-shaped cut, which is identical with the asymptotic form of the contact pressure in the contact problem for an elastic wedge of half the aperture angle, is determined, when the contact area supplements the cut area up to the face of the wedge.     

圆形杂质对裂纹扩展的影响

在单轴拉伸载荷作用下，运用分布位错方法对无限大平面内含有一个裂纹和一个任意方向的杂质问题进行求解，得到了裂纹尖端的应力强度因子、应力场以及应变能密度.利用最小应变能密度因子准则来判断裂纹扩展方向.结果显示:软杂质对裂纹尖端应力强度因子、应变能密度和应力场有增强作用，而硬杂质则具有屏蔽作用.在 -30°<θ<30°范围内，杂质对裂纹扩展方向的影响较小，而在 -90°<θ<-30°或30°<θ<90°范围内，杂质对裂纹扩展方向的影响较大.软杂质对裂纹扩展有吸引作用，而硬杂质具有排斥作用.     

椭圆孔边裂纹对SH波的散射及其动应力强度因子

采用复变函数和Green函数方法求解具有任意有限长度的椭圆孔边上的径向裂纹对SH波的散射和裂纹尖端处的动应力强度因子．取含有半椭圆缺口的弹性半空间水平表面上任意一点承受时间谐和的出平面线源荷载作用时的位移解作为Green函数,采用裂纹“切割”方法,并根据连续条件建立起问题的定解积分方程,得到动应力强度因子的封闭解答．讨论了孔洞的存在对动应力强度因子的影响．     

压电螺位错与椭圆夹杂的电弹相互作用

研究了压电材料中压电螺位错与椭圆夹杂的电弹相互作用.基于扰动概念和级数展开方法,推导了基体和夹杂的弹性场和电场,在此基础上给出了作用于位错上像力的表达式.通过分析基体与夹杂的相对刚度和机电耦合强弱对像力的影响,得到了新的相互作用机理.     

Elastodynamic analysis of a cracked orthotropic half-plane

The solution of elastodynamic volterra-type dislocation in an orthotropic half-plane is obtained by means of the Fourier transforms. The distributed dislocation technique is used to construct integral equations for an orthotropic half-plane weakened by cracks where the domain is under time-harmonic anti plane traction. These equations are of Cauchy singular type at the location of dislocation which is solved numerically to obtain the dislocation density on the faces of the cracks. The dislocation densities are employed to determine stress intensity factors for multiple smooth cracks. Several examples are solved and the stress intensity factors for multiple cracks with different configuration are obtained.     

半平面压电体的Green函数及其应用

本文研究半平面压电体在线力、电荷和位错作用下的弹性场和电场，即Green函数．基于各向异性弹性力学中的Stroh方法和解析延拓理论，推导了Green函数的封闭形式的解．作为解的应用，分析了含半无限裂纹的无限大压电介质的机电耦合场，给出了应力和电位移强度因子的解析表达式．     

夹杂与基体对界面层螺旋位错的干涉效应

研究圆形夹杂与基体对有限厚度界面层螺旋位错的干涉问题。结合复变函数的分区亚纯函数理论、施瓦兹对称原理与柯西型积分运算,发展了多连通域联结问题的一个有效分析方法,将3个区域应力函数的联结问题化归为界面层应力函数的函数方程,并求得了显式级数解。利用该结果,研究与讨论了界面层螺旋位错能与位错力。     

圆形界面刚性线夹杂的平面问题

研究了圆弧形界面刚性线夹杂的平面弹性问题．集中力作用于夹杂或基体中的任意点,并且无穷远处受均匀载荷作用．利用复变函数方法,得到了该问题的一般解答．当只含一条界面刚性线夹杂时,获得了分区复势函数和应力场的封闭形式解答,并给出刚性线端部奇异应力场的解析表达式．结果表明,在平面荷载下界面圆弧形刚性线夹杂尖端应力场和裂纹尖端相似具有奇异应力振荡性．对无穷远加载的情况,讨论了刚性线几何条件、加载条件和材料失配对端部场的影响．     

Stress intensity factors for three cracks at the interfaces of a graded layer bonding two different materials

We consider two dissimilar elastic half-planes bonded by a nonhomogeneous elastic layer in which there is one crack at the lower interface between the elastic layer and the lower half-plane and two cracks at the upper interface between the elastic layer and the upper half-plane. The stress intensity factors for these three cracks are solved for when tension is applied perpendicular to the interface cracks. The material properties of the bonding layer vary continuously between those of the lower half-plane and those of the upper half-plane. The differences in the crack surface displacements are expanded in a series of functions that are zero outside the cracks. The unknown coefficients in the series are solved by the Schmidt method so as to satisfy the conditions inside the cracks. The stress intensity factors are calculated numerically for selected crack configurations.     

Closed-form solutions for a mode III radial matrix crack penetrating a circular inhomogeneity

In this research we address in detail a mode III radial matrix crack penetrating a circular inhomogeneity. One tip of the radial crack lies in the matrix, while the other tip of the radial crack lies in the circular inhomogeneity. In addition the two tips of the crack are mutually image points (or inverse points) with respect to the circular inhomogeneity-matrix interface. First we conformally map the crack onto a unit circle C_a in the new ζ-plane. Meanwhile the inhomogeneity-matrix interface is mapped onto C_b, a part of another circle in the ζ-plane. In addition C_a and C_b intersect at a vertex angle π/2. By using the method of image in the ζ-plane, closed-form solutions in terms of elementary functions are derived for three loading cases: (1) remote uniform antiplane shearing; (2) a screw dislocation located in the unbounded matrix; and (3) a radial Zener–Stroh crack.     

Line singularity inside an elliptic inhomogeneity

The problem of an elliptic insert with a point of elastic singularity and a perfectly adhering interface is solved using the complex variable method. In particular, it is found that the remote field is insensitive to the inhomogeneity shape and interface status. Unified formulae for the special cases of free elliptic disk and rigid matrix are written and discussed. A closed-form solution for an arbitrary line singularity inside a circular inhomogeneity is also derived as a special case.     

The motion of a screw dislocation in a wedge-shaped region

The problem of antiplane deformation for a wedge-shaped region containing a uniformly moving screw dislocation is considered. A general solution of the problem is obtained using Laplace and Kontorovich-Lebedev integral transformations. It is shown during the solution that the method is suitable for a wedge apex angle greater than n. The limiting case, when the wedge-shaped region is a half-plane, is also considered. For this case the solution can be simplified considerably.     

Elastic fields in two imperfectly bonded half-planes with a thermal inclusion of arbitrary shape

A general method is presented for the rigorous solution of Eshelby’s problem concerned with an arbitrary shaped inclusion embedded within one of two dissimilar elastic half-planes in plane elasticity. The bonding between the half-planes is considered to be imperfect with the assumption that the interface imperfections are uniform. Using analytic continuation, the basic boundary value problem is reduced to a set of two coupled nonhomogeneous first-order differential equations for two analytic functions defined in the lower half-plane which is free of the thermal inclusion. Using diagonalization, the two coupled differential equations are decoupled into two independent nonhomogeneous first-order differential equations for two newly defined analytic functions. The resulting closed-form solutions are given in terms of the constant imperfect interface parameters and the auxiliary function constructed from the conformal mapping which maps the exterior of the inclusion onto the exterior of the unit circle. The method is illustrated using several examples of an imperfect interface. In particular, when the same degree of imperfection is realized in both the normal and tangential directions between the two half-planes, a thermal inclusion of arbitrary shape in the upper half-plane does not cause any mean stress to develop in the lower half-plane. Alternatively, when the imperfect interface parameters are not equal, then a nonzero mean stress will be induced in the lower half-plane by the thermal inclusion of arbitrary shape in the upper half-plane. Detailed results are presented for the mean stress and the interfacial normal and shear stresses caused by a circular and elliptical thermal inclusion, respectively. Results from these calculations reveal that the imperfect bonding condition has a significant effect on the internal stress field induced within the inclusion as well as on the interfacial normal and shear stresses existing between the two half-planes especially when the inclusion is near the imperfect interface.     

Analytic solution for a circular nano-inhomogeneity with interface stretching and bending resistance in plane strain deformations

In the mechanical analysis of composites containing nano-inhomogeneities, it is customary to consider only the stretching resistance of the inhomogeneity-matrix interface but neglect the bending resistance of the interface. In this paper, we consider a circular nano-inhomogeneity in an infinite elastic plane subjected to an arbitrary uniform remote in-plane loading with both stretching and bending resistance incorporated on the interface. Analytic solutions are obtained for the stress field both inside and outside the inhomogeneity by using an integral-type boundary condition representing the jump in traction across the interface. We show that the presence of interface bending resistance has no influence on the average of the mean stress in the inhomogeneity, and for certain interface stretching and bending rigidities the stress field inside the inhomogeneity can remain uniform regardless of the specific uniform remote loading. Numerical examples are presented to examine the influence of the interface bending resistance on the interfacial tractions imposed on the inhomogeneity and matrix for a uniform remote uniaxial loading. It is found that the introduction of interface bending resistance perturbs the (interfacial) tractions imposed on the inhomogeneity only slightly whether the inhomogeneity is softer or harder than the matrix, while it may influence the (interfacial) tractions imposed on the matrix significantly when the inhomogeneity is much softer than the matrix. Moreover, it is shown that the peak of the interface bending resistance-induced jump in traction across the interface initially increases and then decreases as the inhomogeneity becomes harder (from an initial state in which the inhomogeneity is softer than the matrix).     

Electrostrictive stresses near crack-like flaws

Slit cracks in purely dielectric material systems do not perturb any applied uniform electric field. Furthermore, when the dielectric is unconstrained and does not support any conducting plates or mechanical loads, there are no additional mechanical stresses generated in the material upon introduction of the crack. This situation applies to both electrostrictive and piezoelectric materials. However, flaws which have finite thickness such as thin elliptical or ellipsoidal voids will cause severe inhomogeneous concentration of the electric field. In turn, this can generate substantial mechanical stress from electrostrictive or piezoelectric sources. The effect of an elliptical through flaw in an infinite isotropic body is considered. It is found that, in the case of thin ellipses, the near flaw tip mechanical stresses approximate the singular stresses near a slit crack with an equivalent stress intensity factor. In that sense, the flaw may be considered as a slit crack and treated in terms of linear elastic fracture mechanics. However, except for impermeable and conducting flaws, the value of the equivalent stress intensity factor depends on the aspect ratio of the flaw. As the aspect ratio of the flaw diminishes, the magnitude of the equivalent stress intensity factor falls and disappears in the limit of a slit crack. The results are used to show that a flaw-like crack in a material with a very high dielectric constant can be treated by fracture mechanics as an impermeable slit crack when the flaw aspect ratio is an order of magnitude greater than the ratio of dielectric permittivities (flaw value divided by the value for the surrounding material).