Abstract: A crack impinging normally upon a frictional interface is studied theoretically. We employ a solution technique which superposes the solution of a crack in a perfectly-bonded elastic medium with ...

Abstract: A crack impinging upon an interface that can debond and then offer frictional resistance is studied theoretically. The central question at issue is the level of the remote load at which the ...

Abstract: The longitudinal shearing of a unidirectional fiber composite which sustains slippage at the fiber-matrix interface is studied theoretically. An expression for the effective shear modulus of the ...