Abstract: In the past a number of different linearized mathematical formulations of the infinitesimal incremental deformations of continuous bodies under initial stress have been proposed. The best-known ...

Abstract: Continuing the analysis of fracture size effect in Part I, which was focused on the maximum force in vertical penetration of ice, Part II tackles the problem maximum force that can be applied ...

Abstract: Based on the premise that large-scale failure of sea ice is governed by fracture mechanics, recently validated by Dempsey’s in situ tests of fracture specimens of a record-breaking size, this ...

Abstract: Approximating the hereditary integrals by finite sums, a creep problem may be reduced to a succession of elasticity problems with initial strains. It is shown how the well-known general ...

Abstract: A preceding study of the loss of stability of a homogeneous strain state in infinite homogeneous solid due to localization of strain into an ellipsoidal region is complemented by determining ...

Abstract: A micromechanically based enrichment of the nonlocal operator by a term taking into account the directional dependence of crack interactions (Bažant, 1992) can be expected to improve the ...

Abstract: The near-tip angular variations of elastodynamic stress and displacement fields are investigated for rapid transient crack propagation in isotropic and orthotropic materials. The two-dimensional ...

Abstract: The paper deals with a cohesive crack model in which the cohesive (crack-bridging) stress is a specified decreasing function of the crack-opening displacement. Under the assumption that no part ...