Abstract: The fundamental relations among dislocation density tensors, plastic distortion tensors, and dislocation flux tensors are introduced by the Fourier integral method. The proposed method is analytical ...

Abstract: One of the experimental findings on short-fiber reinforced composite materials is that the fiber-ends act as a crack initiator. The effect of the fiber-end crack on the overall stiffness and ...

Abstract: The slip band formed in a grain on the material surface is a preferential site for crack initiation during low strain fatigue of polycrystalline metals. The forward and reverse plastic flow ...

Abstract: It is found that when an ellipsoidal inclusion undergoes a shear eigenstrain and the inclusion is free to slip along the interface, the stress field vanishes everywhere in the inclusion and ...

Abstract: The plastic flow at the crack tip is characterized by a model compatible with slip line theory. From this model it is shown that a continuous distribution of dislocations may be derived. ...

Abstract: Stress distributions are evaluated for a semi-infinite elastic body having a spheroidal inhomogeneity under an all-around tension (axisymmetric uniform tension) at infinity. Boussinesq’s potential ...

Abstract: The elastic stress field caused by an ellipsoidal inclusion with uniform dilatational eigenstrains is investigated for a semi-infinite solid. The result is expressed in terms of derivatives of ...

Abstract: When plastic damage regions are accumulated in a material, there exist residual displacements on the surface of the material after all the loadings are removed. The residual displacements are ...