The interaction between a screw dislocation and a circular inhomogeneity in gradient elasticity

The interaction between a screw dislocation and a circular inhomogeneity in gradient elasticity is investigated. The screw dislocation is located inside either the inhomogeneity or the matrix. By using the Fourier transform method, closed analytical solutions are obtained when the inhomogeneity and the matrix have the same gradient coefficient. The explicit expressions of image forces exerted on screw dislocations are derived. The motion of the appointed screw dislocation and its equilibrium positions are discussed. The results show that the classical singularity is eliminated. Especially, for the case of a tiny inhomogeneity, the relation of dislocations and inhomogeneities become quite different. The screw dislocation may be attracted by the stiff inhomogeneity and repelled by the soft inhomogeneity when it tends to the interface. So there is an unstable equilibrium position when a dislocation tends to a tiny stiff inhomogeneity and there is a stable equilibrium position when a dislocation tends to a tiny soft inhomogeneity.     

Interaction between a screw dislocation and a circular nano-inhomogeneity with a bimaterial interface

The problem of a screw dislocation interacting with a circular nano-inhomogeneity near a bimaterial interface is investigated. The stress boundary condition at the interface between the inhomogeneity and the matrix is modified by incorporating surface/interface stress. The analytical solutions to the problem in explicit series are obtained by an efficient complex variable method associated with the conformal mapping function. The image force exerted on the screw dislocation is also derived using the generalized Peach–Koehler formula. The results indicate that the elastic interference of the screw dislocation and the nano-inhomogeneity is strongly affected by a combination of material elastic dissimilarity, the radius of the inclusion, the distance from the center of inclusion to the bimaterial interface, and the surface/interface stress between the inclusion and the matrix. Additionally, it is found that when the inclusion and Material 3 are both harder than the matrix( μ_1 μ_2 and μ_3 μ_2), a new stable equilibrium position for the screw dislocation in the matrix appears near the bimaterial interface; when the inclusion and Material 3 are both softer than the matrix( μ_1 μ_2 and μ_3 μ_2), a new unstable equilibrium position exists close to the bimaterial interface.     

A screw dislocation near an elliptic hole in non-local elasticity

Summary The solutions are given for the stress field and elastic energy of a screw dislocation near an elliptic hole in non-local elasticity by a conformal mapping technique. The numerical results are discussed for the stress along thex-axis. Allowing one axis of the ellipse to dwindle to zero, the solution of the finite length crack is obtained.

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Schraubenversetzung neben einem elliptischen Loch bei nichtlokaler Elastizität

Übersicht Durch eine konforme Abbildungstechnik werden die Lösungen für das Spannungsfeld und die elastische Energie der Schraubenversetzung neben einem elliptischen Loch in nichtlokaler Elastizität gegeben. Die numerischen Ergebnisse werden für die Spannung entlang derx-Achse diskutiert. Läßt man eine Ellipsenachse gegen Null gehen, so gewinnt man die Lösung für den Riß endlicher Länge.

     

The interaction of a screw dislocation with a circular inhomogeneity near the free surface

The interaction of a screw dislocation with a circular inhomogeneity near the free surface is discussed in this paper. By using the complex potential and conformal mapping technique, an explicit series solution is obtained. Then, the solution is cast into a new expression to separate the interaction effects between the dislocation, inhomogeneity, and free surface. The new expression is not only convenient to reveal the coupling interaction effects, but also helpful to improve the convergence of the solution. As an application of the new expression, a simple approximate formula is presented with high accuracy. Finally, the full-field interaction energy and image force are evaluated and studied graphically. It is found that when the screw dislocation, inhomogeneity, and free surface are close to each other, their interaction effects strongly and intricately couple in the near field. In the case of a soft inhomogeneity or a hole, there is an unstable equilibrium point of the screw dislocation between the inhomogeneity and free surface, whereas in the case of a hard or rigid inhomogeneity, there is an unstable equilibrium point on the opposite side of the inhomogeneity.     

A magnetoelectric screw dislocation interacting with a circular layered inclusion

Within the framework of the linear theory of magnetoelectroelasticity, the problem of a circular layered inclusion interacting with a generalized screw dislocation under remote anti-plane shear stress and in-plane magnetoelectric loads is investigated in this paper. The generalized dislocation can be located either in the matrix or in the circular layered inclusion. The layers are coaxial cylinders of annular cross-sections with arbitrary radii and different material properties. Using complex variable theory and the alternating technique, the solution of the present problem is expressed in terms of the solution of the corresponding homogeneous medium problem subjected to the same loading. Some numerical results are provided to investigate the influence of material combinations on the shear stress, electric field, magnetic and image force. These solutions can be used as Green's functions for the analysis of the corresponding magnetoelectric crack problem.     

A screw dislocation near a non-parabolic open inhomogeneity with internal uniform stresses

We use conformal mapping techniques and analytic continuation to prove that the stress field inside a non-parabolic open inhomogeneity embedded in a matrix subjected to uniform remote anti-plane stresses can nevertheless remain uniform despite the presence of a screw dislocation in its vicinity. Furthermore, the internal uniform stresses inside the inhomogeneity are found to be independent of both the shape of the inhomogeneity and the presence of the screw dislocation. On the other hand, we find that the existence of the nearby screw dislocation exerts a significant influence on the non-parabolic shape of the inhomogeneity.     

A screw dislocation near a coated non-elliptical inhomogeneity with internal uniform stresses

We consider the anti-plane shear deformation of a three-phase inhomogeneity-coating-matrix composite containing a coated non-elliptical inhomogeneity whose surrounding matrix is subjected to the action of a screw dislocation and uniform remote anti-plane shear stresses. Our objective is to establish conditions under which the inhomogeneity maintains an internal uniform stress field. Our analysis, which is based on a carefully chosen conformal mapping function, clearly indicates that such an internal uniform stress distribution can be achieved independently of the action of the screw dislocation, which influences the shape of the inhomogeneity depending on its proximity to the dislocation. In fact, we find that when the screw dislocation is located far from the coated inhomogeneity, the corresponding material interfaces become two confocal ellipses as reported previously in the literature. A simple criterion for the convergence of the series in the conformal mapping function is established.     

A generalized screw dislocation interacting with interfacial cracks along a circular inhomogeneity in magnetoelectroelastic solids

The interaction of a generalized screw dislocation with circular arc interfacial cracks under remote antiplane shear stresses, in-plane electric and magnetic loads in transversely isotropic magnetoelectroelastic solids is dealt with. By using the complex variable method, the general solutions to the problem are presented. The closed-form expressions of complex potentials in both the inhomogeneity and the matrix are derived for a single circular-arc interfacial crack. The intensity factors of stress, electric displacement and magnetic induction are provided explicitly. The image forces acting on the dislocation are also calculated by using the generalized Peach–Koehler formula. For the case of piezoelectric matrix and piezomagnetic inclusion, the shielding and anti-shielding effect of the dislocation upon the stress intensity factors is evaluated in detail. The results indicate that if the distance between the dislocation and the crack tip remains constant, the dislocation in the interface will have a largest shielding effect which retards the crack propagation. In addition, the influence of the interfacial crack geometry and materials magnetoelectroelastic mismatch upon the image force is discussed. Numerical computations show that the perturbation effect of the above parameters upon the image force is significant. The main result shows that a stable or unstable equilibrium point may be found when a screw dislocation approaches the surface of the crack from infinity which differs from the perfect bonded case under the same conditions. The present solutions contain a number of previously known results which can be shown to be special cases.     

Defects in gradient micropolar elasticity—I: screw dislocation

A gradient micropolar elasticity is proposed based on first gradients of distortion and bend-twist tensors for an isotropic micropolar medium. This theory is an extension of the theory of micropolar elasticity with couple stresses together with gradient elasticity in a way that in addition to hyper stresses, hyper couple stresses also appear. In particular, the strain energy, besides its dependence upon the distortion and bend-twist terms of a micropolar medium (Cosserat continuum), depends also on distortion and bend-twist gradients. Using a simplified but rigorous version of this gradient theory, we can connect it to Eringen's nonlocal micropolar elasticity. In addition, it is used to study a screw dislocation in gradient micropolar elasticity. One important result is that we obtained nonsingular expressions for the force and couple stresses. The components of the force stress have maximum values near the dislocation line and those of the couple stress have maximum values at the dislocation line.     

The image force on a dislocation near an elliptic hole in nonlocal elasticity

Summary A basic solution to the problem of a screw dislocation near a circular hole in nonlocal clasticity is first presented. The nonlocal stress and nonlocal image force on the screw dislocation are derived whereby the singularities in both classical stress and classical image force are eliminated. Then, the nonlocal image force on a screw dislocation near an elliptic hole is obtained by a conformal mapping technique. The maximum of the image force and the corresponding position of hte dislocation are estimated for a dislocation very close to the holes.

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Bildkraft auf eine Versetzung neben einem elliptischen Loch bei nichtlokaler Elastizität

Übersicht Zuerst wird eine Lösung für das Problem einer Schraubenversetzung neben einem kreisförmigen Loch bei nichtlokaler Elastizität vorgestellt. Die nichtlokal Spannungen und die nichtlokalen Bildkräfte werden abgeleitet, wobei alle Singularitäten verschwinden. Dann wird die nichtlokale Bildkraft auf eine Schrauben versetzung neben einem elliptischen Loch mit Hilfe einer konformen Abbildung erhalten. Für die Versetzung sehr nahe dem Loch werden das Maximum der Bildkraft und ihre Position geschätzt.

     

The material force acting on a screw dislocation in the presence of a multi-layered circular inclusion

In this paper, we study the interaction of a screw dislocation with a multi-layered interphase between a circularly cylindrical inclusion and a matrix. The layers are coaxial cylinders of annular cross-sections with arbitrary radii and different shear moduli. The number of layers may also be arbitrary. Continuity of traction and displacement across all interfaces is assumed. We extend Honein et al.’s solution of circularly cylindrical layered media in anti-plane elastostatics to the case where all the singularities reside inside the inclusion core. The solution to this heterogeneous problem is given explicitly, for arbitrary singularities, as a rapidly convergent Laurent series, whose coefficients are expressed in terms of those of the complex potential of a corresponding homogeneous problem with the same singularities. We then consider the two particular cases of a screw dislocation, where, in the first instance, the dislocation resides inside the matrix, while, in the second instance, it is located in the inclusion core. In both instances, the Peach–Koehler force acting on the dislocation is calculated explicitly as a rapidly convergent series. We present several examples, where the effect of the layers on the material force is examined.     

A moving piezoelectric screw dislocation

A moving screw dislocation in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric material is investigated in detail. The analytical expressions for displacement, electric potential, stresses, electric displacements, strains, and electric fields are obtained. When the velocity of the dislocation is zero, or when the piezoelectric constant is zero, the results derived in this paper can reduce to known results.     

Shielding effect and emission condition of a screw dislocation near a blunt crack in elliptical inhomogeneity

The shielding effect and emission condition of a screw dislocation near a blunt crack in elastic elliptical inhomogeneity is dealt with. Utilizing the Muskhelishvili complex variable method, the explicit series form solutions of the complex potentials in the matrix and the inclusion regions are derived. The stress intensity factor and critical stress intensity factor for dislocation emission are also calculated. The influences of the orientation of the dislocation and morphology of the blunt crack as well as the material elastic dissimilarity upon the shielding effect and emission criterion are discussed in detail. As a result, numerical analysis and discussion show that the positive screw dislocation can reduce the stress intensity factor of the crack tip (shielding effect) only when it is located in the certain region. The shielding effect increases with the increase of the shear modulus of the matrix and the curvature radius of the blunt crack tip, but decreases with the increase of dislocation azimuth angle. The critical loads at infinity for dislocation emission increases with the increment of the emission angle and the curvature radius of the blunt crack tip, and the most probable angle for screw dislocation emission is zero. The present solutions contain previous results as the special cases.     

The screw dislocation in a three-quarter plane

The state of stress in a three-quarter-plane undergoing antiplane shear deformation is studied, due to the presence of a screw dislocation along one of the projection lines extended from the free surfaces. A simple, accurate formula for the state of stress along the line is found, providing a useful kernel for the solution of crack and contact edge slip problems.     

螺型位错偶极子与圆形界面刚性线的干涉效应研究

本文重点研究螺型住错偶极子和圆形夹杂界面刚性线的弹性干涉效应。利用复变函数方法,得到了该问题的一般解;此外还求出了只含一条界面刚性线时的封闭解答,得到了刚性线尖端的应力强度因子以及作用在螺型位错偶板子中心的像力和像力偶矩。研究结果表明：位错偶板子对应力强度因子具有很强的屏蔽或反屏蔽效应;软夹杂吸引位错偶极子,而刚性线排斥位错偶板子,在一定条件下,位错偶极子在刚性线附近出现一个平衡位置;当刚性线的长度争材料剪切模量比达到临界值时,可以改变偶极子和界面之间的干涉机理;刚性线长度对位错偶极子中心像力偶矩也有很大的影响。     

A note on line forces in gradient elasticity

The theory of gradient elasticity is applied to line forces. Line forces acting on a point within the body and a concentrated normal force (Flamant problem) which acts on a half plane are studied. Closed analytical solutions which have a simple form are obtained for displacement fields of these forces. The gradient elasticity solutions are free from undesirable displacement singularities predicted by classical elasticity.     

A piezoelectric screw dislocation interacting with a half-plane trimaterial composite

The electro-elastic stress investigation on the interaction between a screw dislocation and a half-plane trimaterial composite composed of three bonded dissimilar transversely isotropic piezoelectric materials is analyzed in the framework of linear piezoelectricity. Each layer is assumed to have the same material orientation with x ₃ in the poling direction. The dislocations are characterized by a discontinuous displacement and electric potential across the slip plane and are subjected to a line force and a line charge at the core. Based on the complex variable and the method of alternating technique, the solution of electric field and displacement field is expressed in terms of explicit series form. The solutions derived here can be applied to a variety of problems, for example, a half-plane bimaterial, a quarter-plane bimaterial, a quarter-plane material and a rectangular strip etc. Numerical results are provided to show the influences of the material combinations and geometric configurations on the electro-elastic fields and image force calculated through the generalized Peach-Koehler formula. The solutions proposed here can be served as Green??s functions for the analyses corresponding piezoelectric cracking problems.