Abstract: This paper proposes a damage parameter, Mint, for evaluation of the surface energy associated with the formation of multiple cracks terminating at a bimaterial interface. The study considers two crack mechanisms, including ...

Abstract: A numerical procedure, incorporated with the finite element solutions, is developed to evaluate the

Abstract: An efficient method is presented to characterize the damage state for two-dimensional multicracked elastic solids. This method is based on the concept of a path-independent

Abstract: A numerical procedure is presented for calculation of the mixed-mode elastodynamic stress intensity factors for a stationary three-dimensional curved crack with nonplanar surfaces. The computational scheme is developed by ...

Abstract: An energy parameter based on the concept of the

Abstract: Because of oscillatory asymptotic mechanical behavior, it is difficult to properly examine the extent of the near-front singular-dominant region for interface cracks. An approach is proposed for generating a near-front ...