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 and inside a partially bonded circular inclusion

The behaviour of a screw dislocation near and inside a partially bonded circular inclusion in an infinite matrix is investigated. The complex variable method is used to arrive at the solution, and the equilibrium positions of the dislocation are obtained.     

ANALYSIS OF A SCREW DISLOCATION INSIDE A CIRCULAR INCLUSION WITH INTERFACIAL CRACKS IN PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES

IntroductionPiezoelectric materials have potentials for use in many modern devices and compositestructures. The presence of various defects, such as inclusions, holes, dislocations andcracks, can greatly influence their characteristics and coupled behavio…     

Interfacial de-bonding caused by a screw dislocation pile-up at a circular cylindrical rigid inclusion

An array of continuously-distributed screw dislocations piled up against a circular cylindrical rigid inclusion is analyzed by the complex-variable method. Both uniformly applied shearing load at infinity and internal friction stress opposing the movement of dislocations are taken into account. The pile-up tip is away from the matrix-inclusion interface, its distance from the interface being determined by the condition that the stresses should be finite everywhere in the solid. Stress distributions on the interface are determined, and de-bonding of the interface, namely the formation of initial voids or cracks, is discussed. Stress and displacement near the tip of these initial voids are then analyzed. This analysis is combined with the virtual work argument of A.A. Griffith (1920) to yield a criterion for the initial voids to grow along the interface. The critical void-growth load is expressed by the sum of two terms, one proportional to the friction stress and the other inversely proportional to the square-root of the inclusion radius.     

压电螺位错与含界面裂纹圆形涂层夹杂的干涉

研究位于基体或夹杂中任意点的压电螺型位错与含界面裂纹圆形涂层夹杂的电弹耦合干 涉问题. 运用复变函数方法,获得了基体,涂层和夹杂中复势函数的一般解答. 典型例 子给出了界面含有一条裂纹时,复势函数的精确级数形式解. 基于已获得的复势函数和广 义Peach-Koehler公式,计算了作用在位错上的像力. 讨论了裂纹几何条件,涂层厚度和材 料特性对位错平衡位置的影响规律. 结果表明,界面裂纹对涂层夹杂附近的位错运动有很大 的影响效应,含界面裂纹涂层夹杂对位错的捕获能力强于完整粘结情况;并发现界面裂纹长 度和涂层材料常数达到某一个临界值时可以改变像力的方向. 解答的特殊情形包含了以 往文献的几个结果.     

On the screw dislocation in a functionally graded material

This paper presents the stress field of a screw dislocation in a medium graded in y-direction. The medium is exponentially graded. For such a graded material theories of elasticity as well as gradient elasticity are applied. By means of the stress function technique we found exact analytical solutions of the corresponding master equations. Using the stress field, the Peach–Koehler force is given. The axial symmetry of a screw dislocation is lost due to the gradation in the y-direction.     

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.     

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.     

Edge dislocation interacting with a nonuniformly coated circular inclusion

This paper investigated the interaction between an edge dislocation and a nonuniformly coated circular inclusion. Based on the technique of conformal mapping and the method of analytical continuation in conjunction with alternating technique, the solutions to plane elasticity problems for three dissimilar media are derived explicitly in a series form. For a limiting case when the thickness of the interphase layer is uniform, the derived analytical solutions of this paper are reduced to exactly the same results available in the literature. The image force acting on the dislocation is then determined by using the Peach–Koehler formula. It is found that the combination of material constants and nonuniformity of the interphase thickness will exert a significant influence on the dislocation force.     

A screw dislocation near a circular nano-inhomogeneity in gradient elasticity

A screw dislocation outside an infinite cylindrical nano-inhomogeneity of circular cross section is considered within the isotropic theory of gradient elasticity. Fields of total displacements, elastic and plastic distortions, elastic strains and stresses are derived and analyzed in detail. In contrast with the case of classical elasticity, the gradient solutions are shown to possess no singularities at the dislocation line. Moreover, all stress components are continuous and smooth at the interface unlike the classical solution. As a result, the image force exerted on the dislocation due to the differences in elastic and gradient constants of the matrix and inhomogeneity, remains finite when the dislocation approaches the interface. The gradient solution demonstrates a non-classical size-effect in such a way that the stress level inside the inhomogeneity decreases with its size. The gradient and classical solutions coincide when the distances from the dislocation line and the interface exceed several atomic spacings.     

Interaction of a screw dislocation in the interphase layer with the inclusion and matrix

The interaction of a screw dislocation in the interphase layer with the circular inhomogeneity and matrix was dealt with . An efficient method for multiply connected regions was developed by combining the sectionally subholomorphic function theory, Schwatz symmetric principle and Cauchy integral technique. The Hilbert problem of the complex potentials for three material regions was reduced to a functional equation in the complex potential of the interphase layer, resulting in an explicit series solution . By using the present solution the interaction energy and force acting dislocation were evaluated and discussed.     

Piezoelectric screw dislocations interacting with a circular inclusion with imperfect interface

The electroelastic coupling interaction between multiple screw dislocations and a circular inclusion with an imperfect interface in a piezoelectric solid is investigated. The appointed screw dislocation may be located either outside or inside the inclusion and is subjected to a line charge and a line force at the core. The analytic solutions of electroelastic fields are obtained by means of the complex-variable method. With the aid of the generalized Peach–Koehler formula, the explicit expressions of image forces exerted on the piezoelectric screw dislocations are derived. The motion and the equilibrium position of the appointed screw dislocation near the circular interface are discussed for variable parameters (interface imperfection, material electroelastic mismatch, and dislocation position), and the influence of the nearby parallel screw dislocations is also considered. It is found that the piezoelectric screw dislocation is always attracted by the electromechanical imperfect interface. When the interface imperfection is strong, the impact of material electroelastic mismatch on the image force and the equilibrium position of the dislocation becomes weak. Additionally, the effect of the nearby dislocations on the mobility of the appointed dislocation is very important.     

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.     

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.     

Three-dimensional dislocation loops generated from a weak inclusion in a strained material heterostructure

Heterogeneous nucleation and spread of dislocation loops driven by high epitaxial strain characterizes a conceivable failure mode of multi-layer material structures of potential interest for microelectronic applications. A three-dimensional boundary element method with a singularity exclusion scheme is applied herein for dislocation loops nucleated from a weak spherical inclusion bisecting the epitaxial interface between a strained layer and its substrate. The results show that the critical epitaxial strain to nucleate a dislocation loop minimizes at an intermediate range of defect sizes, namely, from about 5 to 500 nm for a GeSi alloy strained layer on a Si substrate. The expansion of the nucleated dislocation loops around the weak inclusion is simulated numerically, and the results depict the formation of threading dislocations in both uncapped and capped epitaxial surface layers. The pair of threading dislocations are driven out on opposite sides of the inclusion, leaving behind arrays of misfit dislocations along the interface. The interaction of multiple dislocation loops generated from one inclusion is also considered.     

Electro-elastic interaction between a piezoelectric screw dislocation and circular interfacial rigid lines

The electro-elastic interaction between a piezoelectric screw dislocation located either outside or inside inhomogeneity and circular interfacial rigid lines under anti-plane mechanical and in-plane electrical loads in linear piezoelectric materials is dealt with in the framework of linear elastic theory. Using Riemann–Schwarz’s symmetry principle integrated with the analysis of singularity of complex functions, the general solution of this problem is presented in this paper. For a special example, the closed form solutions for electro-elastic fields in matrix and inhomogeneity regions are derived explicitly when interface containing single rigid line. Applying perturbation technique, perturbation stress and electric displacement fields are obtained. The image force acting on piezoelectric screw dislocation is calculated by using the generalized Peach–Koehler formula. As a result, numerical analysis and discussion show that soft inhomogeneity can repel screw dislocation in piezoelectric material due to their intrinsic electro-mechanical coupling behavior and the influence of interfacial rigid line upon the image force is profound. When the radian of circular rigid line reaches extensive magnitude, the presence of interfacial rigid line can change the interaction mechanism.     

On the electroelastic interaction of a piezoelectric screw dislocation with an elliptical inclusion in piezoelectric materials

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Interaction between cracks and a circular inclusion in a finite plate with the distributed dislocation method

This paper presents a numerical solution of interaction between cracks and a circular inclusion in a finite plate. Both the boundaries and the cracks are modeled by distributed dislocations. This approach will result in a set of singular integral equations with Cauchy kernels, which can be solved by Gauss–Chebyshev quadratures. Several numerical examples are given to assess the performance of the presented method. The solutions obtained by this method have been checked and confirmed by the finite element analysis results.