Stress Singularities at the Apex of a Dissimilar Anisotropic Wedge

Abstract

The complex form of the characteristic equation for the stress singularities of the order r λ–1 (0 < Re [λ]< 1 ) for the dissimilar anisotropic wedges is derived. Special attention is then focused on the problems that are composed by two orthotropic materials. For such problems the characteristic equation is expressed in real forms from which the dependence of the singularities on the material parameters and wedge angles is investigated. The case of a single free-fixed wedge problem is particularly studied in detail. Numerical results for several special wedge geometries are also presented.