Abstract: When a crack is lodged in an inclusion, differences between the moduli of the inclusion and the bulk material can cause the near-tip stress intensity factor to be greater or less than that ...

Abstract: The deformation of a solid consisting of alternating material layers with interface undulations is studied analytically. We assess the relative rate of growth or decay of these interface ...

Abstract: With the goal of assessing the accuracy of a widely used approximate method of analyzing bridged matrix cracks, an idealized problem representing a crack bridged by a single fiber is studied ...

Abstract: Thermal stresses in an inwardly solidifying sphere are studied analytically. A closed-form solution is given which accounts for thermal expansion associated with temperature gradients and volume ...

Abstract: The influence of pore shape on the porosity-pressure behavior of powders undergoing compaction is studied theoretically and numerically. Idealized two-dimensional models are used to compare the ...

Abstract: The fiber micro-indentation push-in test is studied in detail for the case of a Coulomb friction interface law. Using an integral equation method, as well as a finite element method, we ...