Abstract: An infinite linear elastic body containing a semi-infinite crack is loaded by a planar antiplane stress pulse parallel to the crack. The stress wave strikes the crack at time t =0 and at ...

Abstract: The phenomenon considered is fracture initiation and crack growth in a plate due to dynamic pressure loading on the faces of a pre-existing crack. The problem is formulated within the framework ...

Abstract: In this study, mode I stress intensity factors for a three-dimensional finite cracked body with arbitrary shape and subjected to arbitrary loading is presented by using the boundary weight ...

Abstract: In this study, stress intensity factors for axial cracks in hollow cylinders subjected to thermal shock are determined by using the thermal weight function method. The thermal weight function ...

Abstract: In this study, stress intensity factors for axial cracks in hollow cylinders subjected to mechanical and thermal loadings are determined by using the weight function method. The weight function ...

Abstract: If the crack tip deformation field in a cracked ductile solid can be characterized by means of a single plastic intensity factor, then the shadow spot method has potential as a means for ...