Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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802025 | Mechanics Research Communications | 2007 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Considering a cohesive zone ahead of the crack tip, the linear elastic crack problem under Mode I, Mode II or mixed-mode conditions is formulated in an elliptic coordinate system, so that the cohesive surfaces are conveniently represented by straight line segments. It is shown that the displacement and stress fields around the crack tip and the cohesive zone, expressed in terms of elliptic coordinates, have a simple mathematical form, which does not contain a stress singularity at the crack tip due to the existence of the cohesive zone.
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Authors
Wei Zhang, Xiaomin Deng,