Abstract: Dynamic fracture criteria based on experimental observations are proposed for subsonic crack growth along bimaterial interfaces. These criteria are based on the premise that the crack-face ...

Abstract: An experimental investigation is conducted to study dynamic load transfer in granular rock media. The granular rock media is modeled as a one‐dimensional chain of disks fabricated from four different types of white Vermont ...

Abstract: An experimental investigation has been conducted to study the dynamic failure of bimaterial interfaces. Interfacial crack growth is observed using dynamic photoelasticity and characterized in terms ...

Abstract: A series of photoelastic experiments were conducted to study crack-wave interaction in thick-walled rings. Particular attention was paid to the initiation, propagation and branching of small flaws ...

Abstract: Stress field for stationary cracks, aligned along the gradient, in functionally graded materials is obtained through an asymptotic analysis coupled with Westergaard’s stress function approach. The ...

Abstract: An experimental study was conducted to investigate the effects of microstructural defects, such as inclusions and voids, on the wave propagation phenomena in granular materials. The granular materials as well as the defects ...

Abstract: An experimental-numerical hybrid technique has been developed to predict the intergranular contact load transfer in granular media subjected to explosive loading. The granular media were simulated ...

Abstract: Numerical simulations are used to study the transient behavior of a four degree-of-freedom, rotational piecewise linear system. This study focuses on the impact between bodies in a system with ...