Abstract: The dynamic stress intensity factors of an initially stationary semi-infinite crack in an unbounded linear elastic solid which kinks at some time tf after the arrival of a stress wave is ...

Abstract: Consider an infinite linear elastic body containing a semi-infinite crack loaded by a longitudinal stress pulse parallel to the crack face. After the stress wave strikes the crack at time t ...

Abstract: The antiplane problem of anisotropic materials is studied by the Mellin transform technique. The material considered in this study possesses a symmetry plane at

Abstract: Green’s functions for anisotropic elastic multilayered media subjected to antiplane shear deformation are presented in this study. The antiplane shear deformation due to a concentrated shear force ...

Abstract: In this study, the transient stress fields and the dynamic stress intensity factor of a semi-infinite antiplane crack propagating along the interface between two different media are analyzed in ...

Abstract: In this study, a cracked body with finite boundaries subjected to static loading and the crack propagating with a constant speed are analyzed. The interaction of the propagating crack with ...

Abstract: In this study, the transient analysis of dynamic antiplane crack propagation with a constant velocity in a layered medium is investigated. The individual layers are isotropic and homogeneous. ...

Abstract: In this study, the transient response of a propagating in-plane crack interacting with half-plane boundaries is investigated in detail. The reflected waves which are generated from traction-free ...

Abstract: The propagation of transient elastic waves in a three-dimensional multilayered medium subjected to general dynamic loadings is analyzed in this study. One of the objectives of this study is to ...