The Circumferential Crack Extension Force in a Normal-Anisotropic Elastic Body

A Crack in an Anisotropic Elastic Slab*

The Elastic-plastic Mechanics of Crack Extension

This paper briefly reviews progres~ in the elastic plastic analysis of crack extension. Analytical results for plane strain and plane stress deformation fields are noted, and elastic-plastic fracture instability as well as transitional behavior and combined rate and thermal effects are discussed.

The force on a lattice defect in an elastic body

It is shown that the force on a lattice defect in an elastic body is, like the force on a disclination in a nematic liquid crystal, a real force which, for equilibrium, must be balanced by an external force applied to the closed surface enclosing the defect.

Crack characterization using guided circumferential waves.

This paper examines the propagation of guided circumferential waves in a hollow isotropic cylinder that contains a crack, with the goal of using these guided waves to both locate and size the crack. The crack is sized using a modified Auld's formula, which relates the crack's length to a reflected energy coefficient. The crack is then located by operating on the backscattered signal with a time...

Force–extension relation of cross-linked anisotropic polymer networks

Cross-linked polymer networks with orientational order constitute a wide class of soft materials and are relevant to biological systems (e.g., F-actin bundles). We analytically study the nonlinear force–extension relation of an array of parallel-aligned, strongly stretched semiflexible polymers with random cross-links. In the strong stretching limit, the effect of the cross-links is purely entr...