Steady-state response of an elastic half-space to a moving dislocation of finite width

1983 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
J. Enrique Luco ◽  
John G. Anderson

abstract An analytical method to evaluate the transient response on the surface of an elastic half-space for a kinematic dislocation over an infinitely long fault of finite width and arbitrary dip is presented. The model includes finite rupture velocities in the direction of both the strike and dip of the fault. In this sense, it differs from previous two- and three-dimensional models which typically assume one of these velocities to be infinite. In addition to the effects of the free boundary, the model considers a slip vector in an arbitrary direction. The assumptions of infinite fault length and uniform rupture velocities account for the relative simplicity of the solution which is invariant to an observer moving along the strike of the fault with a speed equal to the rupture velocity. These assumptions limit the applicability of the solution to near-field locations far from the ends of realistic faults. A limited set of numerical results illustrating the types of pulse shapes obtained by use of this model, and, some tests to validate the derivation and the numerical results are presented.

1997 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 951-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Metrikine ◽  
H. A. Dieterman

Three-dimensional vibrations of a Euler-Bernoulli beam on an elastic half-space are investigated. In the model the beam has a finite width and the half-space and beam deflections are equal along the centre line of the beam. It is shown that the vertical and longitudinal beam vibrations are uncoupled from the lateral ones. The dispersion relations for the lateral and vertical-longitudinal waves in the beam are derived and the respective dispersion curves are plotted. These curves can cross each other due to the different equivalent stiffnesses of the half-space in vertical and lateral directions and different vertical and lateral bending stiffnesses of the beam. The existence of a crossing point implies that if the vertical-longitudinal and lateral beam vibrations are coupled for some reason (half-space inhomogeneity, beam asymmetry, etc.), the energy of the vertical vibrations of the beam can be resonantly transferred into the energy of lateral vibrations. This transfer will take place if the frequency of vibrations is close to the frequency determined by the crossing point. The dependency of the frequency of the crossing point on axial compressional stresses in the beam is studied. It is shown that this frequency decreases as the stresses increase.


1971 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 899-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. B. Freund

Three-dimensional wave propagation in an elastic half space is considered. The half space is traction free on half its boundary, while the remaining part of the boundary is free of shear traction and is constrained against normal displacement by a smooth, rigid barrier. A time-harmonic surface wave, traveling on the traction free part of the surface, is obliquely incident on the edge of the barrier. The amplitude and the phase of the resulting reflected surface wave are determined by means of Laplace transform methods and the Wiener-Hopf technique. Wave propagation in an elastic half space in contact with two rigid, smooth barriers is then considered. The barriers are arranged so that a strip on the surface of uniform width is traction free, which forms a wave guide for surface waves. Results of the surface wave reflection problem are then used to geometrically construct dispersion relations for the propagation of unattenuated guided surface waves in the guiding structure. The rate of decay of body wave disturbances, localized near the edges of the guide, is discussed.


1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Keer ◽  
M. D. Bryant ◽  
G. K. Haritos

Numerical results are presented for a cracked elastic half-space surface-loaded by Hertzian contact stresses. A horizontal subsurface crack and a surface breaking vertical crack are contained within the half-space. An attempt to correlate crack geometry to fracture is made and possible mechanisms for crack propagation are introduced.


1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. Kuo ◽  
L. M. Keer

The three-dimensional problem of contact between a spherical indenter and a multi-layered structure bonded to an elastic half-space is investigated. The layers and half-space are assumed to be composed of transversely isotropic materials. By the use of Hankel transforms, the mixed boundary value problem is reduced to an integral equation, which is solved numerically to determine the contact stresses and contact region. The interior displacement and stress fields in both the layer and half-space can be calculated from the inverse Hankel transform used with the solved contact stresses prescribed over the contact region. The stress components, which may be related to the contact failure of coatings, are discussed for various coating thicknesses.


1972 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 786-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Low

The investigation is concerned with some of the effects of embedded flaws in an elastic half space subjected to torsional deformations. Specifically two types of flaws are considered: (a) a penny-shaped rigid inclusion, and (b) a penny-shaped crack. In each case the problem is reduced to a system of Fredholm integral equations. Graphical displays of the numerical results are included.


2002 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuangbiao Liu ◽  
Qian Wang

Computing the thermoelastic stress field of a material subjected to frictional heating is essential for component failure prevention and life prediction. However, the analysis for three-dimensional thermoelastic stress field for tribological problems is not well developed. Furthermore, the pressure distribution due to rough surface contact is irregular; hence the frictional heating can hardly be described by an analytical expression. This paper presents a novel set of frequency-domain expressions (frequency response functions) of the thermoelastic stress field of a uniformly moving three-dimensional elastic half-space subjected to arbitrary transient frictional heating, where the velocity of the half-space, its magnitude and direction, can be an arbitrary function of time. General formulas are expressed in the form of time integrals, and important expressions for constant velocities are given for the transient-instantaneous, transient-continuous, and steady-state cases. The thermoelastic stress field inside a translating half-space with constant velocities are illustrated and discussed by using the discrete convolution and fast Fourier transform method when a parabolic type or an irregularly distributed heat source is applied.


Author(s):  
Wen-I Liao ◽  
Tsung-Jen Teng ◽  
Shiang-Jung Wang

This paper develops the transition matrix formalism for scattering from an three-dimensional alluvium on an elastic half-space. Betti’s third identity is employed to establish orthogonality conditions among basis functions that are Lamb’s singular wave functions. The total displacements and associated tractions exterior and interior to the surface are expanded in a Rayleigh series. The boundary conditions are applied and the T-matrix is derived. A linear transformation is utilized to construct a set of orthogonal basis functions. The transformed T-matrix is related to the scattering matrix and it is shown that the scattering matrix is symmetric and unitary and that the T-matrix is symmetric. Typical numerical results obtained by incident plane waves for verification are presented.


2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 3874-3877
Author(s):  
Tao Qian ◽  
Xiao Ping Shui ◽  
Yong Fa Zhang ◽  
Yong Gang Guo ◽  
Meng Ma

A rule of response of an infinite viscous-elastic half-space stimulated by the moving loads of different speeds is outlined in this paper. In order to obtain a three-dimensional analytical solution of the Viscous-elastic half-space with the moving loads of different speeds, the Laplace transform and relative coordinate transformation in cylindrical coordinates are used. Then, the IFFT and relative coordinate transformation are used to solve two-dimensional infinite integration which can greatly improve the operational efficiency. The rules of responses of different velocities from the results by using the principle of dynamics and energy dissipation are also analyzed and induced in this paper, and obtain the incentives of displacement distortion by the super-Rayleigh wave velocity at surface. The results could be referred in improving the practical security in the project.


2009 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 317-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
MENG-CHENG CHEN ◽  
HUI-QIN YU

In this work a three-dimensional planar crack on the surface of elastic half-space was analyzed under rolling contact load. The stresses interior to an elastic half-space body under rolling contact load and those produced by an infinitesimal displacement jump loop for the elastic half-space body were used to reduce the planar crack problem to the solution of a system of two-dimensional hypersingular integral equations with unknown displacement jump. The ideas of finite element discretization were employed to construct numerical solution schemes for solving the integral equations. An appropriate treatment of the associated hypersingular integral in the numerical solution to the integral equations was proposed in Hadamard's finite-part integral sense. The numerical results showed that the present procedure yields solutions with high accuracies. The stress intensity factors near the crack front edge under rolling contact load were indicated in graphical form with varying the crack shape, the radius of rolling contact zone and the friction coefficients, respectively. In addition, the influence of the lubricant infiltrating the crack surfaces on the crack propagation was also discussed in the paper.


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