Stress Singularity at the Tip of a Rigid Line Inhomogeneity Under Antiplane Shear Loading

1986 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 459-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Y. Wang ◽  
H. T. Zhang ◽  
Y. T. Chou
Author(s):  
A R Shahani ◽  
M Ghadiri

Antiplane shear deformation of bonded finite wedges with an interface crack is studied in this article. The traction-free condition is imposed on the circular segment of the wedge. Boundary conditions on the radial edges are considered as traction—traction. In order to solve this problem a novel mathematical technique has been employed. This technique consists of the use of some recently proposed finite complex transforms, which have complex analogies to the standard finite Mellin transforms of the first and second kinds. However, for the problem of bonded wedges with an interfacial crack, first it is necessary to express the traction-free condition of the crack faces in the form of a singular integral equation, which is done in this article by describing an exact analytical method. The resultant singular integral equations are then solved numerically and the obtained results including the stress intensity factors at the crack tips are plotted. Comparison of the results in the special cases shows a complete agreement with those cited in the literature.


2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1573-1579
Author(s):  
Heoung Jae Chun ◽  
Sang Hyun Park

The analysis of curved interfacial crack between viscoelastic foam and anisotropic composites was conducted under antiplane shear loading applied at infinity. In the analysis, in order to represent viscoelastic behavior of foam, the Kelvin-Maxwell model was incorporated and Laplace transform was applied to treat the viscoelastic characteristics of foam. The curved interfacial crack problem was reduced to a Hilbert problem and a closed-form asymptotic solution was derived. The stress intensity factors in the vicinity of the interfacial crack tip were predicted by considering both anisotropic characteristics of composites and viscoelastic properties of foam. It was found from the analysis that the stress intensity factor was governed by material properties such as shear modulus and relaxation time, and increased with the increase in the curvature as well as the ratio of stiffness coefficients of composite materials. It was also observed that the effect of fiber orientation in the composite materials on the stress intensity factor decreased with the increase in the difference in stiffness coefficients between foam and composite.


2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1248-1253
Author(s):  
Myung Kyu Park ◽  
Sang Soon Lee ◽  
Chang Min Suh

This paper deals with the stress singularity developed in a viscoelastic thin layer bonded between two rigid bodies and subjected to a shear loading. A boundary element method is employed to investigate the behavior of interface stresses. Within the context of a linear viscoelastic theory, a stress singularity exists at the point where the interface between one of the rigid adherends and the adhesive layer intersects the free surface. Numerical results are presented for a given viscoelastic model, indicating that such stress singularity might lead to edge crack or delamination.


1977 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Nuismer ◽  
G. P. Sendeckyj

The nature of the transition in the crack tip stress singularity from an inverse square root to an inverse fractional power as a crack tip reaches a phase boundary or a geometrical discontinuity for interface cracks is examined. This is done by analyzing the simple closed-form solution to the problem of a rigid line inclusion with one side partially debonded for the case of antiplane deformation. For this example, the crack tip stress singularity changes from an inverse square root to an inverse three-quarters power as the crack tips approach the inclusion tips (i.e., when one face of the rigid line inclusion is completely debonded). A detailed analysis, based on series expansions of the closed-form solution, is used to show how the singularity transition occurs. Moreover, the expansions indicate difficulties that may be encountered when solving such problems by approximate methods.


1990 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 894-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuang-Chong Wu ◽  
Shyh-Jye Hwang

A correspondence is established between the problem of an interface crack in mon-oclinic composites and that of an interface crack in isotropic composites. The interface crack considered is subjected to a combined tension-compression, in-plane shear and antiplane shear loading at the crack faces. Under the applied loading, the interface crack is assumed to be partially opened. Through the correspondence, quantities of interest such as stress intensity factors, sizes of the contact zones, for monoclinic composites can be obtained from the results of the isotropic interface crack problem.


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