Further results are presented for the direct problem of scattering of high-frequency waves by cracks in elastic solids. Results for a penny-shaped crack, obtained on the basis of geometrical diffraction theory, are compared with experimental data. For simple crack geometries a hybrid method, whereby the crack-opening displacement is computed by ray theory, and the scattered field is subsequentl...

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...

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Introduction. In the 2003/04 season, the ANSMET team recovered 83 meteorites in an elliptical area of 1.6 x 0.2 km from a blue ice field near Otway Massif in the Grosvenor Mountains (Fig. 1). The size distribution of the meteorites within this area suggests they are a well preserved strewnfield, with the largest mass (29 kg) on the East end and the smallest masses (~100 g) on the West end [1]. ...

Ah&met-The boundary element method is used to analyze the ACPD (alternating current potential drop) field perturbed by a semi-elliptical surface flaw in a metallic sheet. The depth of the penetration of the alternating current is assumed to be small as compared to the crack depth. This allows us to adopt the “unfolding” technique developed by Dover et al. [ASTM STP 722, 401-427 (1981)], which r...

An electromagnetic NDE technique for measuring the crack ooening displacement of surface fatigue cracks is described. A ferromagnetic resonance probe utilizing yttrium-iron-garnet was used to induce eddy currents in an aluminum plate. The crack opening disolacement of a semi-elliptical fatigue crack evaluated at the surface was measured optically at several values of bending stress on the speci...

Abstract In this research work, the finite element software, ABAQUS is used to study by simulations influence of form defect on mechanical behavior a shrink-fitted assembly presenting internal radial cracks. Under action contact pressure induced tightening between two cylinders, these cracks resulting from incorrect operations or materials elaboration defect, can be harmful assembly. Various we...

We consider the plane elasticity problem of two asymmetrical edge cracks emanating from an elliptical hole in two-dimensional decagonal quasicrystals (QCs) under remotely uniform tensile stress. A complex variation method QCs is developed to solve containing defects. The analytical solutions for stress field and intensity factors near crack tip are expressed by using a conformal mapping techniq...