The stress state of planar surface of a nanometer-sized elastic body under periodic loading

The paper is concerned with the model of an elastic body in the form of a half-plane whose boundary is subjected to periodic loading. It is assumed that there exists an additional surface stress, which is characteristic of nanometer-sized bodies and which obeys the laws of surface elasticity theory. With the use of the boundary properties of analytical functions and the Goursat-Kolosov complex potentials, the boundary value problem in its general setting with an arbitrary load is reduced to a hypersingular integral equation with respect to the derivative of the surface stress. For a periodic load, the solution of this equation is obtained in the form of a Fourier series. The effect of the surface stress upon the stress state of the boundary of the half-plane is examined with independent action of periodically distributed tangential and normal loads. In particular, the size effect was discovered, which is manifested in the dependence of stresses versus the period of loading within several dozens of nanometers. Normal loads are shown to be responsible for tangential stresses on the boundary, which are zero in the classical solution.     

Perturbation analysis of a modified second grade fluid over a porous plate

A modified second grade non-Newtonian fluid model is considered. The model is a combination of power-law and second grade fluids in which the fluid may exhibit normal stresses, shear thinning or shear thickening behaviors. The flow of this fluid is considered over a porous plate. Equations of motion in dimensionless form are derived. When the power-law effects are small compared to second grade effects, a regular perturbation problem arises which is solved. The validity criterion for the solution is derived. When second grade effects are small compared to power-law effects, or when both effects are small, the problem becomes a boundary layer problem for which the solutions are also obtained. Perturbation solutions are contrasted with the numerical solutions. For the regular perturbation problem of small power-law effects, an excellent match is observed between the solutions if the validity criterion is met. For the boundary layer solution of vanishing second grade effects however, the agreement with the numerical data is not good. When both effects are considered small, the boundary layer solution leads to the same solution given in the case of a regular perturbation problem.     

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.     

Finite difference method in the problem of diffraction of a plane acoustic wave in a half-plane with a cut

In the numerical solution of the diffraction problem for an acoustic plane wave in a half-plane with a cut, boundary conditions that are equivalent to the radiation conditions at infinity are set in a neighborhood of the points of the cut. Joining the physical boundary conditions on the cut, a closing set of equations of order 4N, where N is the number of grid points on the cut, is obtained. The so-called Green’s grid function for the half-plane is used, which makes it possible to pass from one grid layer to another one for the solution satisfying certain conditions at infinity.     

Energetic balance for the Rayleigh–Stokes problem of an Oldroyd-B fluid

Dissipation, the power due to the shear stress at the wall, the change of kinetic energy with time as well as the boundary layer thickness corresponding to the Rayleigh–Stokes problem for an Oldroyd-B fluid are established. The corresponding expressions of Maxwell, second grade and Newtonian fluids, performing the same motions, are obtained as the limiting cases of our general results. Specific features of the four models are emphasized by means of the asymptotic approximations and graphical representations. It is worth mentioning that in comparison with the Newtonian model, the power of the shear stress at the wall and the dissipation for Oldroyd-B fluids increase while the boundary layer thickness decreases.     

Thin-layer version of the moment equations in the boundary layer problem

The two-dimensional problem of a hypersonic kinetic boundary layer developing on a thin body in the case of a monatomic gas is considered. The model of the flow arises from the kinetic theory of gases and, within its accuracy, i.e., in the approximation of a hypersonic boundary layer, takes into account the strong nonequilibrium of the flow with respect to translational degrees of freedom. A method for representing the solution of the problem in terms of the solution of a similar classical (Navier-Stokes) hypersonic boundary layer problem is described. For the kinetic version of the problem, it is shown that the shear stress and the specific heat flux on the body surface are equal to their counterparts in the Navier-Stokes boundary layer.     

On the shear boundary layer of tension plates

The present paper deals with a generic class of problems for plates subjected to loadings combining a high in-plane tension and a small lateral pressure. It develops the governing differential equations in the singular pertubation form, through the postulation of retaining only one of the Kirchhoff's assumptions, that the plate thickness in the boundary layer region is invariant. The solution by using the standard perturbation method is discussed. The postulation is justified when it is demonstrated that in the shear boundary layer the plate thickness is of higher-order smallness. The general method of solution by the standard perturbation technique is applied to an annular plate problem. Problems of different combinations of supports at the inner and the outer boundaries are solved. The case in which both edges are simply supported is presented as an illustration of the solution technique. In other cases results only are presented. The effect of support on the boundaries is also discussed. The shear effect is found to be most significant at a clamped edge. In the special geometry, it is possible to demonstrate that, when the condition on membrane force is not met as required in the general theory, thagnitude of the boundary layer changes. Specifically, the paper presents a case in which the membrhich the membrane force is zero at the inner edge.     

The difference method in a diffraction problem: The technique of interior boundary condition

The diffraction problem for a plane wave on a half-plane covered by thin layer with an interface is solved by the difference method. The system of difference equations is derived from the variational principle. A boundary solution at infinity must be imposed; this is a radiation condition, which is used in the form of the limit absorption principle. The arising infinite system of difference equations is reduced to a finite part of the boundary (the interface) by using the technique of so-called interior boundary conditions in the sense of Ryaben’kii. The real conditions are found by the Fourier method with respect to one spatial variable in the form of Fourier or Laurent series in the corresponding variable, which converge either inside, outside, or on the unit circle. Above the upper boundary of the layer, all unknowns are eliminated by using the so-called grid Green function, that is, the resolving function for the half-plane satisfying the radiation condition at infinity. For the unknowns on the upper boundary of the layer, an equation in terms of a function of a complex variable of Wiener-Hopf type is obtained, which is solved by factorization. Factorization is performed numerically: the logarithm of the function is expanded in a bi-infinite series, which is replaced by a discrete Fourier series. The closing system in a neighborhood of the interface has order proportional to the number of points on the interface. Solving this system yields all of the required characteristics of the solution.     

粘塑性流体在旋转圆盘上的流动

本文对两种情况导出了描述粘塑性流体在旋转圆盘上流动的基本方程.分别用摄动方法和数值方法得到了方程的解.这就有可能去计算薄膜的厚度分布.经计算发现有两种类型的厚度分布.对于粘度和屈服应力都与径向坐标r无关的粘塑性流体,厚度h随r的增加而减小.对于粘度和屈服应力都是时间和r的函数的Bingham流体,厚度h随r的增加而增加.     

Hölder Estimates for the Regular Component of the Solution to a Singularly Perturbed Convection–Diffusion Equation

In a half-plane, a homogeneous Dirichlet boundary value problem for an inhomogeneous singularly perturbed convection–diffusion equation with constant coefficients and convection directed orthogonally away from the boundary of the half-plane is considered. Assuming that the right-hand side of the equation belongs to the space C^λ, 0 < λ < 1, and the solution is bounded at infinity, an unimprovable estimate of the solution is obtained in a corresponding Hölder norm (anisotropic with respect to a small parameter).     

Problem of an elastic half-plane with a crack emerging orthogonally at the boundary

The problem of the half-plane, in which a finite crack emerges orthogonally at the boundary, is studied. On the edges of the crack a self-balancing load is applied. A detailed investigation is carried out for an integral equation with respect to the unknown derivative of the displacement jump, to which the problem can be reduced. The exact solution of the integral equation is constructed with the aid of the Mellin transform and the Riemann boundary value problem for the halfplane. The asymptotic behavior of the solution at both ends of the crack is elucidated. First the asymptotic behavior of the solution at the point of emergence of the crack is obtained and the dependence of this asymptotic behavior on the type of the load is established. For a special form of the load one obtains a simple expression of the stress intensity coefficient. In the case of a general load, the asymptotic behavior is used for the construction of an effective approximate solution on the basis of the method of orthogonal polynomials. As a result, the problem reduces to an infinite algebraic system, solvable by the reduction method.Translated from Dinamicheskie Sistemy, No. 4, pp. 45–51, 1985.     

The plane problem of the extrusion of a viscoplastic medium by parallel plates

A solution of the problem of the plane parallel flow of viscoplastic medium between two parallel plates when they approach (separate) at a specified velocity is given within the framework of the Bingham model in the inertialess thin-layer approximation for arbitrary values of the coefficient of viscosity and the yield stress. Analytic expressions are obtained for the velocity and pressure fields. The boundary of the flow kernel, where the shear stress on the areas of the parallel planes of the plates is less than the yield stress and the component of the velocity, parallel to the plates, does not change in a transverse direction, is determined. A single similarity parameter which defines the kinematic and dynamic flow characteristics is found. For a specified law of motion of the plates, a general expression is obtained for the force acting on plates of finite size in terms of a dimensionless function of a single dimensionless parameter. The law of approach (separation) of the plates under a constant force is found.     

Generalized diffusion of vortex: self-similarity and the Stefan problem

In this article, we give a survey of works (mostly for the last ten years) devoted to statements and solutions of parabolic problems modelling physical processes in solids having a discontinuity on the boundary at the initial instant of time. For one-dimensional processes, the notion of generalized vortex diffusion is introduced, which is characterized by rather general kinematics of the process, physical nonlinearity of the medium, and type of boundary condition at the point of discontinuity. We classify the cases where there exists self-similarity. A detailed analysis is given for non-Newtonian power-law fluid, for a medium, similar in properties to a rigidly-ideally-plastic solid, and also for the viscoplastic Shvedov–Bingham solid. For the latter case, we give a survey of numerically-analytic investigation methods of the Stefan problem.     

Diffraction by an acoustically transmissive or an electromagnetically dielectric half-plane

This work gives a mathematical model for an acoustically penetrable or electromagnetically dielectric half-plane. An approximate boundary condition is used that depends on the thickness of, and the material constants for, the half-plane. A solution is obtained, by using the approximate boundary condition, for the problem of a line source field diffracted by a penetrable/dielectric half-plane. The asymmetry of the approximate boundary condition results in a matrix Wiener–Hopf problem, which is solved explicitly.     

Analytical solutions of the boundary layer flow of power-law fluid over a power-law stretching surface

This article discusses analytical solutions for a nonlinear problem arising in the boundary layer flow of power-law fluid over a power-law stretching surface. Using perturbation method analytical solution is presented for linear stretching surface. This solution covers large range of shear thinning and shear thickening fluids and matches excellently with the numerical solution. Furthermore, some new exact solutions are found for particular combination of m (power-law stretching index) and n (power-law fluid index). This leads to generalize the case of linear stretching to nonlinear stretching surface. The effects of fluid index n on the boundary layer thickness and the skin friction for nonlinear stretching surface is analyzed and discussed. It is observed that the boundary layer thickness and the skin friction coefficient increase as non-linear parameter n decreases. This study gives a new dimension to obtain analytical solutions asymptotically for highly nonlinear problems which to the best of our knowledge has not been examined so far.     

Stress concentration in an anisotropic half-plane with holes and cracks

On the basis of general representations of the generalized complex potentials for a multiconnected half-plane, which the authors have obtained, we solve problems for a multiconnected half-plane with holes and cracks when external forces or dies act on the boundary of the half-plane. Using conformal mapping for an ellipse and the method of least squares, we reduce these problems to solving a system of linear algebraic equations. For different anisotropic materials we give the results of studies of the stress distributions and the variation of the stress intensity factors for a half-plane with a crack in the case of tension at infinity, internal pressure on the edges of the crack, and the action of normal forces on the rectilinear boundary. Two figures, 2 tables. Bibliography: 2 titles. Translated fromTeoreticheskaya i Prikladnaya Mekhanika, No. 27, 1997, pp. 63–72.     

Exact solution of four cracks originating from an elliptical hole in one-dimensional hexagonal quasicrystals

Based on the Stroh-type formalism for anti-plane deformation, the fracture mechanics of four cracks originating from an elliptical hole in a one-dimensional hexagonal quasicrystal are investigated under remotely uniform anti-plane shear loadings. The boundary value problem is reduced to Cauchy integral equations by a new mapping function, which is further solved analytically. The exact solutions in closed-form of the stress intensity factors for mode III crack problem are obtained. In the limiting cases, the well known results can be obtained from the present solutions. Moreover, new exact solutions for some complicated defects including three edge cracks originating from an elliptical hole, a half-plane with an edge crack originating from a half-elliptical hole, a half-plane with an edge crack originating from a half-circular hole are derived. In the absence of the phason field, the obtainable results in this paper match with the classical ones.     

Large-Amplitude Long-Wave Instability of a Supersonic Shear Layer

For sufficiently high Mach numbers, small disturbances on a supersonic vortex sheet are known to grow in amplitude because of slow nonlinear wave steepening. Under the same external conditions, linear theory predicts slow growth of long-wave disturbances to a thin supersonic shear layer. An asymptotic formulation that adds nonzero shear-layer thickness to the weakly nonlinear formulation for a vortex sheet is given here. Spatial evolution is considered for a spatially periodic disturbance having amplitude of the same order, in Reynolds number, as the shear-layer thickness. A quasi-equilibrium inviscid nonlinear critical layer is found, with effects of diffusion and slow growth appearing through a nonsecularity condition. Other limiting cases are also considered, in an attempt to determine a relationship between the vortex-sheet limit and the long-wave limit for a thin shear layer; there appear to be three special limits, corresponding to disturbances of different amplitudes at different locations along the shear layer.     

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.     

On the uniform stress state inside an inclusion of arbitrary shape in a three-phase composite

The stress field inside a two-dimensional arbitrary-shape elastic inclusion bonded through an interphase layer to an infinite elastic matrix subjected to uniform stresses at infinity is analytically studied using the complex variable method in elasticity. Both in-plane and anti-plane shear loading cases are considered. It is shown that the stress field within the inclusion can be uniform and hydrostatic under remote constant in-plane stresses and can be uniform under remote constant anti-plane shear stresses. Both of these uniform stress states can be achieved when the shape of the inclusion, the elastic properties of each phase, and the thickness of the interphase layer are properly designed. Possible non-elliptical shapes of inclusions with uniform hydrostatic stresses induced by in-plane loading are identified and divided into three groups. For each group, two conditions that ensure a uniform hydrostatic stress state are obtained. One condition relates the thickness of the interphase layer to elastic properties of the composite phases, while the other links the remote stresses to geometrical and material parameters of the three-phase composite. Similar conditions are analytically obtained for enabling a uniform stress state inside an arbitrary-shape inclusion in a three-phase composite loaded by remote uniform anti-plane shear stresses.