Abstract: This paper has two goals. First, it is aimed at providing a fundamental understanding of the oscillatory behavior of an interface crack between two dissimilar materials from the viewpoint of ...

Abstract: Recent studies on hard and tough biological materials have led to a concept called flaw tolerance which is defined as a state of material in which pre-existing cracks do not propagate even ...

Abstract: In this paper we solve the elasticity problem of two elastic half spaces that are joined together over a region that does not differ much from a circle, i.e., the problem of an external ...

Abstract: Recent work (Rice, 1985a) has presented the calculations of the first order variation in an elastic displacement field associated with arbitrary incremental planar advance of the location of the ...

Abstract: A first-order perturbation analysis is presented for the configuration of an initially straight crack front which is trapped against forward advance by contact with an array of obstacles (i.e., ...

Abstract: This issue of the Journal of Applied Mechanics is dedicated, with our admiration and affection, to Professor Jim Rice of Harvard University. It serves as the proceedings of the 3 days symposium ...

Abstract: An engineering revolution is currently underway in that devices at the nanometer scale are fabricated. Successful design and development of nanoscale devices and systems will have a significant ...

Abstract: We report atomistic studies of single-wall carbon nanotubes with very large aspect ratios subject to compressive loading. These long tubes display significantly different mechanical behavior than ...

Abstract: Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) constitute a prominent example of nanomaterials. In most studies on mechanical properties, the effort was concentrated on CNTs with relatively small aspect ratio of length ...

Abstract: Mechanical stresses and failure are believed to be a major cause for the limited cycle life of lithium-ion batteries employing high capacity Si electrodes. Recent experiments have shown that ...