Abstract: The near-tip asymptotic stress and deformation fields of a crack propagating steadily and quasi-statically into an elastic-plastic material are presented. The material is characterised by J2 ...

Abstract: The asymptotic stress and deformation fields of a crack propagating steadily and quasi-statically into an elastic-plastic material, characterized by J 2 -flow theory with linear strain-hardening, ...

Abstract: The asymptotic near-tip stress and velocity fields are presented for a plane-stress Mode II crack propagating quasi-statically in an elastic-perfectly plastic Mises solid. The solution is found ...

Abstract: The homogenization procedure of Ponte Castañeda is used to estimate the effective behavior of active composite materials consisting of aligned shape memory alloy (SMA) fibers embedded in a ...