Falling Between the Cracks

Falling through the Cracks: Queer Theory, Same-Sex Marriage, Lawrence v Texas, and Liminal Bodies

Simulations of Granular Flow: Cracks in a Falling Sandpile

We present numerical simulations of the fall of a two dimensional (2D) model granular material in a rectangular container and study the decompactionof this granular assembly consisting of non-cohesive particles. During the fall we observe the occurrence of cracks splitting the initial pile into pieces. Cracks preferentially occur in the lower part of the array, an eeect also observed experiment...

Fracture Analysis of a FGM Strip Containing Multiple Interface Cracks Sandwiched between Two Homogeneous Layers

A FGM layer sandwiched between two isotropic layers weakened by several interface cracks under antiplane loading is studied. This paper examines the modelling of cracks by distribution of strain nuclei along crack lines. In this investigation, the Volterra-type screw dislocation employed between FGM and an elastic layer. To solve the dislocation problem, the complex Fourier transform is applied...

Fracture Analysis of a FGM Strip Containing Multiple Interface Cracks Sandwiched Between Two Homogeneous Layers

A FGM layer sandwiched between two isotropic layers weakened by several interface cracks under antiplane loading is studied. This paper examines the modelling of cracks by distribution of strain nuclei along crack lines. In this investigation, the Volterra-type screw dislocation employed between FGM and an elastic layer. To solve the dislocation problem, the complex Fourier transform is applied...

Torsional analysis of an orthotropic long cylinder weakened by multiple axisymmetric cracks

Abstract: The solution to problem of an orthotropic long cylinder subjected to torsional loading is first obtained by means of separation valuables. The cylinder is twisted by two lateral shear tractions and the ends of the cylinder surface of the cylinder are stress-free. First, the domain under consideration is weakened by an axisymmetric rotational Somigliana ring dislocation. The dislocatio...