Abstract: The steady-state propagation of a semi-infinite, antiplane shear crack is reconsidered for a general, infinite, homogeneous and isotropic linearly viscoelastic body. As with an earlier study, the ...

Abstract: An analysis is presented for the dynamic, steady-state propagation of a semi-infinite, mode I crack in an infinite, linearly viscoelastic body. For mathematical convenience, the material is assumed ...

Abstract: In a previous paper, the title problem was solved for a homogeneous power-law linearly viscoelastic half-plane. Such material has a constant Poisson’s ratio and a shear modulus with a power-law ...

Abstract: In a previous paper, the dynamic, steady-state propagation of a semi-infinite antiplane shear crack was considered for an infinite, general linearly viscoelastic body. Under the assumptions that ...

Abstract: The problem of the sliding of a rigid asperity over a power law viscoelastic layer is examined in the realistic limit of infinite (dimensionless) layer thickness. For a contact interval of ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical solution, accompanied by a numerical scheme, to determine the displacement and stress fields in an extended elastic medium due to a thin craze of finite length ...

Abstract: Closed-form solutions are obtained for the problem of a crack propagated by a 2-dimensional rigid wedge of finite thickness in an infinite power law viscoelastic body. The distance from the ...

Abstract: The problem of a semi-infinite mode III crack that suddenly begins to propagate at a constant speed is considered for a general linear viscoelastic body. It is shown that the results of an ...