An efastic half-plane containing a su~ace-b~ak~og crack normal to the free surface, subjected to loading by uniform tractions over a given length af its surface, is considered. The tractions consist of pressure, constant in time, and a shear load, varying sinu~idaily in time, both applied adjacent to the crack. This geometry approximates the classical fretting problem with a resulting fatigue c...

Recent finite-element results by S. Cl. Larsson and A. J. Carlsson suggest a limited range of validity to the ‘small scale yielding approximation’, whereby small crack tip plastic zones are correlated in terms of the elastic stress intensity factor, It is shown with the help of a model for plane strain yielding that their results may be explained by considering the non-singular stress, acting p...

The scattering of SH-waves by a Griffith crack in an infinitely long elastic strip situated at an asymmetric position has been analyzed. Applying Fourier transform, the mixed boundary value problem has been reduced to the solution of dual integral equations which finally has been reduced to the solution of a Fredholm integral equation of second kind. The numerical values of stress intensity fac...

The stress singularity near the Mode III interface end of isotropic and orthotropic bi-material was studied. Based on arbitrary angle boundary conditions, by solving a class of harmonic equations we discussed the root of the characteristic equation with the help of complex function method of material fracture. The expression and variation of the singularity index λ of the tip of interfacial cra...

Modeling of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is performed using the combination of the finite element method and the symmetric Galerkin boundary element method. The uncracked structural component is represented with finite elements. The crack is simulated using the boundary element method. The superposition principle is employed for combining two solutions. The equilibrium state for the system o...

A hybrid quantum-mechanical/molecular-dynamics simulation is performed to study the effects of environmental molecules on fracture initiation in silicon. A ~110! crack under tension ~mode-I opening! is simulated with multiple H2O molecules around the crack front. Electronic structure near the crack front is calculated with density functional theory. To accurately model the long-range stress fie...

To better understand the relationship between the nucleation and growth of defects and the local stresses and phase changes that cause them, we need both imaging and stress mapping. Here, we explore how this can be achieved by bringing together synchrotron X-ray diffraction and tomographic imaging. Conventionally, these are undertaken on separate synchrotron beamlines; however, instruments capa...

• Clarification of stress intensity factor superposition under crack closure phenomena. Importance geometry changes by for is demonstrated. Proposal and discussion two alternative residual applied definitions. Discussion face contact modelling calculation in fatigue load cycles. The correlation between (SIF) range growth a powerful tool fail-safe design approaches to lightweight structures. key...