Abstract: The unbonded frictionless receding contact problem of a symmetrically loaded thin rectangular plate resting on an elastic layer is solved in this paper. The contact is assumed to be tensionless. ...

Abstract: A semi-infinite crack is subjected to constant magnitude, dynamic antiplane loading at time t = 0. At the same instant the crack is assumed to bifurcate and propagate normal to its original ...

Abstract: The corners of a simply supported, laterally loaded rectangular plate must be anchored to prevent them from lifting off the supports. If no such anchors are provided, and the supports are ...

Abstract: Rectangular plates in unilateral contact with sagged and unsagged supports laterally loaded by centrally concentrated loads and uniform pressure are examined. The loss of contact and the ...

Abstract: The unbonded frictionless receding contact problem of a thin plate placed under centrally symmetric vertical loading while resting on an elastic half-space or a Winkler foundation is solved in ...

Abstract: A hydraulic test instrument has been designed and fabricated to perform fracture experiments on edge-cracked pin-loaded floating square plates of ice. Because ice has large grains relative to metals, large specimen sizes ...

Abstract: The surface of an elastic half space is subjected to sudden antiplane mechanical disturbances. Crack initiation and subsequent crack instability are examined via two idealized problems; the first ...

Abstract: This paper presents the experimental results and analysis of the creep recovery and cyclic loading crack-opening-displacement measurements recorded on level first-year sea ice at Barrow, Alaska. This was the third of a ...

Abstract: Linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) is of limited use in analyzing fracture tests conducted on laboratory-sized specimens of sea ice or saline ice. To extrapolate the results obtained from laboratory experiments to ...

Abstract: Plane contact problems of an elastic, homogeneous, and isotropic layer supported by a Winkler foundation are studied in this paper. The elastic layer has a finite depth and infinite in-plane ...