Abstract: The solution of the branched crack problem for an isotropic material, employing the dislocation method as developed by Lo (1978), results in a singular integral equation in which the slope of ...

Abstract: An analysis of the three-dimensional mixed boundary-value problem of an infinite elastic body containing two identical partially bonded rigid spherical inclusions and subjected to an axisymmetric ...

Abstract: The influence of placing interleaves between fiber-reinforced plies in multilayered composite laminates is investigated. The geometry of the composite is idealized as a two-dimensional, isotropic, ...

Abstract: The numerical solution of the integral equations derived in Part I of this work is developed and the critical stresses and displacements are calculated. These results indicate that interleaves ...

Abstract: An evaluation is made of non-Hertzian contact stresses occurring during partial separation between a smooth elastic spherical inclusion and a surrounding infinite medium subjected to two independent ...