Solution for the degenerate scale for a rigid curve in antiplane elasticity by using a weakly singular integral equation

This paper provides a numerical solution for the degenerate scale for a rigid curve in antiplane elasticity. The degenerate scale problem for the rigid curve is formulated on the usage of the logarithmic potential. After assuming the displacement to be a vanishing value along the rigid curve, the boundary integral equation (BIE) is formulated. The problem can be first formulated in the degenerate scale. After making a coordinate transform, we can obtain the relevant BIE in the ordinary scale. Finally, a numerical solution is achieved. Several numerical examples are provided. In addition, the degenerate scale problem for the multiple rigid curves is also solved.

Cohesive fracture with irreversibility: Quasistatic evolution for a model subject to fatigue

In this paper we prove the existence of quasistatic evolutions for a cohesive fracture on a prescribed crack surface, in small-strain antiplane elasticity. The main feature of the model is that the density of the energy dissipated in the fracture process depends on the total variation of the amplitude of the jump. Thus, any change in the crack opening entails a loss of energy, until the crack is complete. In particular this implies a fatigue phenomenon, i.e. a complete fracture may be produced by oscillation of small jumps. The first step of the existence proof is the construction of approximate evolutions obtained by solving discrete-time incremental minimum problems. The main difficulty in the passage to the continuous-time limit is that we lack of controls on the variations of the jump of the approximate evolutions. Therefore we resort to a weak formulation where the variation of the jump is replaced by a Young measure. Eventually, after proving the existence in this weak formulation, we improve the result by showing that the Young measure is concentrated on a function and coincides with the variation of the jump of the displacement.

Antiplane Slip and Bonded Contact Waves at a Planar Interface Between Two Elastic Layers

Interfacial wave solutions for a planar interface between two finite layers have been obtained within the framework of antiplane elasticity. Solutions are found to exist both for slipping contact and for bonded contact at the interface. Both the slip and bonded contact waves are found to be dispersive and multivalued. One family of slip and bonded contact waves is found with phase velocity in between the shear wave speeds of the two solids. It is also found that two families of slip and bonded contact waves exist with phase velocity greater than the shear wave speed of both solids.

An integral equation method for the homogenization of unidirectional fibre-reinforced media; antiplane elasticity and other potential problems

In Parnell & Abrahams (2008 Proc. R. Soc. A 464 , 1461–1482. ( doi:10.1098/rspa.2007.0254 )), a homogenization scheme was developed that gave rise to explicit forms for the effective antiplane shear moduli of a periodic unidirectional fibre-reinforced medium where fibres have non-circular cross section. The explicit expressions are rational functions in the volume fraction. In that scheme, a (non-dilute) approximation was invoked to determine leading-order expressions. Agreement with existing methods was shown to be good except at very high volume fractions. Here, the theory is extended in order to determine higher-order terms in the expansion. Explicit expressions for effective properties can be derived for fibres with non-circular cross section, without recourse to numerical methods. Terms appearing in the expressions are identified as being associated with the lattice geometry of the periodic fibre distribution, fibre cross-sectional shape and host/fibre material properties. Results are derived in the context of antiplane elasticity but the analogy with the potential problem illustrates the broad applicability of the method to, e.g. thermal, electrostatic and magnetostatic problems. The efficacy of the scheme is illustrated by comparison with the well-established method of asymptotic homogenization where for fibres of general cross section, the associated cell problem must be solved by some computational scheme.

A slip wave solution in antiplane elasticity

It is shown that a slip wave solution exists for antiplane sliding of an elastic layer on an elastic half-space. It is a companion solution to the well-known Love wave solution.

Numerical Solution for Dissimilar Confocally Elliptic Layers in Antiplane Elasticity

This paper provides a general solution for confocally elliptic layers in antiplane elasticity. The studied medium is composed of many layers with different shear moduli. The remote stresses are applied at infinity. Complex variable method is used to study the problem. The continuity conditions for the displacement and the resultant force along the interfaces are suggested. By using the complex variable, the matrix transfer technique, and the boundary condition, the final solution is obtainable. Numerical examples are carried out to show the influence of the different shear moduli defined on different layers to the stress distribution.