Antiplane Strain Problems of an Elliptic Inclusion in an Anisotropic Medium

1977 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Yang ◽  
Y. T. Chou
Keyword(s):  
Anisotropic Medium ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Elastic Field ◽  
Antiplane Strain ◽  
Elliptic Inclusion ◽  
Rigid Line ◽  
Uniform Stress Field ◽  
Elliptic Cavity ◽  
Stress Magnification ◽  
Elliptic Inhomogeneity

The antiplane strain problem of an elliptic inclusion in an anisotropic medium with one plane of symmetry is solved. Explicit expressions of compact form are obtained for the elastic field inside the inclusion, the stress at the boundary, and the strain energy of the system. The perturbation of an otherwise uniform stress field due to an elliptic inhomogeneity is studied, and explicit solutions are given for the extreme cases of an elliptic cavity and a rigid elliptic inhomogeneity. It is found that both the stress magnification at the edge of the inhomogeneity and the increase of strain energy depend only on the component P23A of the applied stress for an elongated cavity; and depend only on the component E13A of the applied strain for a rigid line inhomogeneity.

Antiplane Eigenstrain Problem of an Elliptic Inclusion in a Two-Phase Anisotropic Medium

1985 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. T. Zhang ◽  
Y. T. Chou
Keyword(s):  
Anisotropic Medium ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Homogeneous Medium ◽  
Stress Singularity ◽  
Elliptic Inclusion ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Line Force ◽  
Elastic Inhomogeneity ◽  
Inhomogeneity Factor ◽  
Force Concept

An antiplane eigenstrain problem of an elliptic inclusion in a two-phase anisotropic medium is analyzed based on the line-force concept. Explicit expressions for the stress field and strain energy are obtained under a given symmetry. The results are used to determine the stress singularity coefficient for a flat inclusion. When the tip of the inclusion is located at the interface boundary, the stress singularity coefficient S′ varies according to the formula S′ = (1 + K) S° where K is the elastic inhomogeneity factor and S° is the stress singularity coefficient for a homogeneous medium (K = 0).

Elastic Field of an Elliptic Inhomogeneity With Debonding Over an Arc (Antiplane Strain)

1985 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. L. Karihaloo ◽  
K. Viswanathan
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Elastic Material ◽  
Stress Intensity Factors ◽  
Elastic Field ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Antiplane Strain ◽  
Intensity Factors ◽  
Common Boundary ◽  
Equivalent Inclusion ◽  
Elliptic Inhomogeneity

This paper describes the elastic field of an elliptic inhomogeneity that has debonded over an arc of its common boundary with a different elastic material in which it is embedded. Eshelby’s method of equivalent inclusion with a stress-free eigens train is employed. The solution is facilitated by the properties of Green’s functions. Only the antiplane strain case is treated for illustrating the procedure. Numerical results are presented for the stress intensity factors at the tips of the debonded arc, as well as for the relative displacements across the debond.

The elastic field outside an ellipsoidal inclusion

1959 ◽  
Vol 252 (1271) ◽  
pp. 561-569 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Field ◽  
Viscous Fluid ◽  
Elastic Constants ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Elastic Field ◽  
Ellipsoidal Inclusion ◽  
Harmonic Potential ◽  
Surface Distribution ◽  
Shear Transformation ◽  
General Method

The results of an earlier paper are extended. The elastic field outside an inclusion or inhomogeneity is treated in greater detail. For a general inclusion the harmonic potential of a certain surface distribution may be used in place of the biharmonic potential used previously. The elastic field outside an ellipsoidal inclusion or inhomogeneity may be expressed entirely in terms of the harmonic potential of a solid ellipsoid. The solution gives incidentally the velocity field about an ellipsoid which is deforming homogeneously in a viscous fluid. An expression given previously for the strain energy of an ellipsoidal region which has undergone a shear transformation is generalized to the case where the region has elastic constants different from those of its surroundings. The Appendix outlines a general method of calculating biharmonic potentials.

The Elastic Field of an Elliptic Inclusion With a Slipping Interface

1986 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Tsuchida ◽  
T. Mura ◽  
J. Dundurs
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Infinite Series ◽  
Elastic Field ◽  
Elliptic Inclusion ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Elastic Fields ◽  
Bonded Interface ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Displacement Potentials ◽  
Uniform Expansion

The paper analyzes the elastic fields caused by an elliptic inclusion which undergoes a uniform expansion. The interface between the inclusion and the matrix cannot sustain shear tractions and is free to slip. Papkovich–Neuber displacement potentials are used to solve the problem. In contrast to the perfectly bonded interface, the solution cannot be expressed in closed form and involves infinite series. The results are illustrated by numerical examples.

Electric and heat conduction across an elliptic cavity in an anisotropic medium

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 3279-3294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunkun Xie ◽  
Haopeng Song ◽  
Cunfa Gao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Conduction ◽  
Anisotropic Medium ◽  
Crack Surface ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Intensity Factors ◽  
Elliptical Cavity ◽  
Loading Direction ◽  
Elliptic Cavity ◽  
Field Intensity Factors ◽  
Potential Gradients

It is well known that the anisotropy of materials will significantly affect heat conduction, and the corresponding results have been applied to the thermal analysis of materials. An elliptic cavity in a nonlinearly coupled anisotropic medium, on the other hand, is much more difficult to analyze. Based on the complex variable method, the problem of a two-dimensional elliptical cavity in an anisotropic material is analyzed in this paper, and the field distributions have been obtained in closed-form. The field intensity factors are discussed in detail. The results show that both the temperature and electric potential gradients at a crack tip are always perpendicular to the crack surface, regardless of the anisotropy and the nonlinearity in the constitutive equations and the arbitrariness of loading direction. These results provide a powerful tool to analyze the effective behavior and reliability of anisotropic materials with cavities.

The 〈111〉 Elliptic Inclusion in an Anisotropic Solid of Cubic Symmetry

1982 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Yang ◽  
Y. T. Chou
Keyword(s):  
Stress Field ◽  
Uniform Stress ◽  
Elliptic Inclusion ◽  
Cubic Symmetry ◽  
Elastic Fields ◽  
Closed Form Solutions ◽  
Strain Transformation ◽  
Anisotropic Solid ◽  
Uniform Stress Field ◽  
Free Strain

This paper deals with a generalized plane problem in which a uniform stress-free strain transformation takes place in the region of an elliptic cyclinder (the inclusion) oriented in the 〈111〉 direction in an anisotropic solid of cubic symmetry. Closed-form solutions for the elastic fields and the strain energies are presented. The perturbation of an otherwise uniform stress field due to a 〈111〉 elliptic inhomogeneity is also treated including two extreme cases, elliptic cavities and rigid inhomogeneities.

Elliptic inclusions in a stressed matrix

1963 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 821-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Bhargava ◽  
H. C. Radhakrishna
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Energy ◽  
Elastic Field ◽  
Theory Of Elasticity ◽  
Inclusion Problem ◽  
Elliptic Inclusion ◽  
Linear Elasticity Theory ◽  
Energy Principle ◽  
Uniform Tension ◽  
Minimum Energy Principle ◽  
The Matrix

AbstractThis paper treats an extension of the problem considered by the authors in a recent paper (1). The minimum energy principle of the classical theory of elasticity was used in the above paper for evaluating the elastic field when an elliptic region (the inclusion, which could be of a material different from the rest) undergoes spontaneous dimensional change in an otherwise unstrained infinite medium (the matrix). By modification of this method, it has been possible to deal with the case when the inclusion is spherical or circular and the matrix is under uniform tension at infinity (2). The present paper deals with the much more general case when the matrix is under tension, at infinity, inclined at any angle to the major axis of the elliptic inclusion. The solution has been possible by the combination of the complex variable method coupled with minimum energy principle and superposition methods of linear elasticity theory. As a consequence we immediately derive almost without further calculation many particular cases, viz. (i) the inclusion problem in a matrix under axial tension parallel to either of the axes, (ii) under all round uniform tension (or pressure) etc. It is obvious that the results for the respective cases of a circular inclusion can be deduced from these results.It also solves the problem of composite sections under external forces at infinity because of the complete freedom in choosing the elastic constant of the inclusion which can be different from that of the matrix. As a corollary, it solves the problem of a cavity under stress at infinity.

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