On a representation of an elastic potential in A. A. Il’yushin’s generalized strain space

For elastic isotropic materials under finite strains, we consider an elastic potential in the form of a function of invariants of the Hencky logarithmic strain measure. For such a potential, we propose a representation in A. A. Il’yushin’s generalized strain space. This representation is used to construct an approximation to the elastic potential for incompressiblematerials; this approximation permits exactly describing the stress-strain, compression, and pure shear diagrams.     

Construction of Exact Solutions to Three-Dimensional Elastic Problems in Stresses

A method is proposed to construct solutions to differential elastic equations in stresses (Beltrami compatibility equations and equilibrium equations). The method is based on potential theory and allows us to solve efficiently boundary-value problems of elastic theory. As an example, the second boundary-value problem for an elastic half-space is considered     

Influence of fluid viscosity on waves in an initially deformed,compressible, elastic layer interacting with a fluid medium

The propagation of harmonic waves along the interface of an initially stressed, compressible layer and a viscous, compressible fluid half-space is investigated. A dispersion relation that does not depend on the form of the elastic potential is derived on the basis of the three-dimensional linearized elasticity equations for elastic bodies with uniform initial deformations and on the linearized Navier-Stokes equations for a viscous Newtonian fluid at rest. The phase velocities and attenuation coefficients of the elastic modes are determined numerically as functions of the thickness of the elastic layer using a Murnaghan-type three-invariant elastic potential.S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 30, No. 9, pp. 3–9, September, 1994.     

A dynamic problem for a prestressed compressible layered half-space

The linearized theory of elasticity for prestressed bodies is used to solve a stationary plane problem for a prestressed two-layer half-space under a surface load moving with constant velocity. The half-space is assumed to be compressible and to have an arbitrary elastic potential. The Fourier transform is used to obtain the fundamental solution of the problem for different contact conditions and load velocities. A compressible material with a harmonic elastic potential is considered as an example __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 35–55, April 2008.     

The energy of a growing elastic surface

The potential energy of the elastic surface of an elastic body which is growing by the coherent addition of material is derived. Several equivalent expressions are presented for the energy required to add a single atom, also known as the chemical potential. The simplest involves the Eshelby stress tensors for the bulk medium and for the surface. Dual Lagrangian/Eulerian expressions are obtained which are formally similar to each other. The analysis employs two distinct types of variations to derive the governing bulk and surface equations for an accreting elastic solid. The total energy of the system is assumed to comprise bulk and surface energies, while the presence of an external medium can be taken into account through an applied surface forcing. A detailed account is given of the various formulations possible in material and current coordinates, using four types of bulk and surface stresses: the Piola-Kirchhoff stress, the Cauchy stress, the Eshelby stress and a fourth, called the nominal energy-momentum stress. It is shown that inhomogeneity surface forces arise naturally if the surface energy density is allowed to be position dependent.     

椭圆类夹杂分析的杂交应力有限元方法

本文给出了一种分析椭圆类夹杂周边应力场的新型杂交应力有限元方法。基于弹性力学中平面问题的Muskhelishvili复势方法,应用保角变换映射技术,以Laurent级数和Faber级数为工具,借助Hellinger-Reissner原理构建一个能够反映椭圆类夹杂周边弹性现象同时包含椭圆夹杂的多边形超级单元。将该超级单元与标准的4节点杂交应力单元耦合在一起即可建立一种分析椭圆类夹杂周边弹性场的新型特殊杂交应力有限元方法。文中考核算例表明：本文方法不但使用简单、有效,而且精度高、单元少。作为本文方法的一个拓展应用,文章最后给出了一个分析含二个椭圆夹杂无限大各向同性板在远场均布载荷作用下椭圆夹杂周边弹性场的算例,并讨论了椭圆夹杂间距和弹性刚度比对应力集中系数的影响。     

Elastic unloading,neutral loading,and plastic loading in the theory of materials with elastic range

A plasticity index is an evolution indicator that allows one to predict, in a situation of potential plastic flow, whether plastic loading, instead of elastic unloading or neutral loading, will actually occur. It is shown in this article how a notion of plasticity index arises within the theory of materials with elastic range.     

Nonlinear dispersion properties of high-frequency waves in the gradient theory of elasticity

The dispersion law ceases to be linear already at ultrasonic frequencies of elastic vibrations of particles as mechanical perturbation waves propagate through the medium. A variant of the continuum model of an elastic medium is proposed which is based on the assumption of pair and triplet potential interaction between infinitely small particles; this allows one to represent the dispersion law with any required accuracy. The corresponding wave equation, which is still linear, can have an arbitrarily large order of partial derivatives with respect to the coordinates. It is suggested that the results of comparing the representations of the dispersion law from the elasticity and solid-state physics viewpoints should be used to determine nonclassical characteristics of the elastic state of the medium. The theoretical conclusions are illustrated with calculations performed for plane waves propagating through aluminum.     

Relative equilibrium stability of a mechanical system with deformable elements in a circular orbit

The relative equilibrium stability is analyzed for a mechanical system in an orbit. The system consists of two rigid bodies connected by a thin inextensible elastic rod. The problem of stability of steady motions is reduced to the minimization problem for the system’s potential energy consisting of the potential energy of elastic, gravitational, and centrifugal forces.     

Elliptical inhomogeneity with polynomial eigenstrains embedded in orthotropic materials

A closed-form solution for elastic field of an elliptical inhomogeneity with polynomial eigenstrains in orthotropic media having complex roots is presented. The distribution of eigenstrains is assumed to be in the form of quadratic functions in Cartesian coordinates of the points of the inhomogeneity. Elastic energy of inhomogeneity–matrix system is expressed in terms of 18 real unknown coefficients that are analytically evaluated by means of the principle of minimum potential energy and the corresponding elastic field in the inhomogeneity is obtained. Results indicate that quadratic terms in the eigenstrains induce zeroth-order elastic strain components, which reflect the coupling effect of the zeroth- and second-order terms in the polynomial expressions on the elastic field. In contrast, the first-order terms in the eigenstrains only produce corresponding elastic fields in the form of the first-order terms. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the normal and shear stresses at the interface between the inhomogeneity and the matrix. Furthermore, the solution reduces to known results for the special cases.     

压电材料反平面应变状态的任意形状夹杂问题

应用复函数的Ｆａｂｅｒ级数展开方法，分析了含任意形状夹杂的压电材料反平面应变问题，给出了问题的复势函数解。利用这个解，具体讨论了椭圆形夹杂及其极限（几何方面与物理方面）问题。并给出了三角形、正方形夹杂的近似结果。其特例结果与早期工作一致     

Modeling of Nonlinear Antiplane Strain of a Cylindrical Body

Antiplane strain of an elastic cylindrical body is studied with allowance for geometrical and physical nonlinearities and potential forces. The nonlinear boundary-value problem for two independent strains is solved. An analytical solution and the corresponding load are obtained for the Rivlin-Saunders quadratic elastic potential, which models finite elastic strains. The problem for displacements specified on the boundary is solved. The case of weak physical nonlinearity is considered.__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 98–108, July– August, 2005.     

Elastic Energies in Circular Inhomogeneities: Imperfect Versus Perfect Interfaces

The change in the total potential energy in a stressed elastic plane system, consisting of an unbounded matrix containing a cylindrical inhomogeneity of circular cross-section, is studied, when an imperfect bonding is formed across the interface. The imperfect bonding is simulated by linearly elastic springs distributed over the interface. Two loading cases are examined: an equilibrium system of fixed uniform tractions acting in the remote boundary of the matrix, and a phase transformation in the inhomogeneity prescribed by stress free uniform eigenstrains distributed in the inhomogeneity region. For both loadings, the fully elastic fields in explicit forms are derived involving the spring compliances and three new two-phase parameters depending on the elastic properties of the two materials. The elastic energies stored in the whole system and in its constituents are determined in simple and compact forms. It is shown that, in both loading cases, the total potential energy of the system is reduced. It is found that, in nanoscale, the ratio of the elastic energy stored in interface to the elastic energy stored in inhomogeneity increases rapidly for small values of the circular radius and tends to zero for large values. Also, this ratio increases as the matrix becomes softer compared to the inhomogeneity.     

Numerical analysis and elastic–plastic deformation behavior of anisotropically damaged solids

The present paper is concerned with the numerical modelling of the large elastic–plastic deformation behavior and localization prediction of ductile metals which are sensitive to hydrostatic stress and anisotropically damaged. The model is based on a generalized macroscopic theory within the framework of nonlinear continuum damage mechanics. The formulation relies on a multiplicative decomposition of the metric transformation tensor into elastic and damaged-plastic parts. Furthermore, undamaged configurations are introduced which are related to the damaged configurations via associated metric transformations which allow for the interpretation as damage tensors. Strain rates are shown to be additively decomposed into elastic, plastic and damage strain rate tensors. Moreover, based on the standard dissipative material approach the constitutive framework is completed by different stress tensors, a yield criterion and a separate damage condition as well as corresponding potential functions. The evolution laws for plastic and damage strain rates are discussed in some detail. Estimates of the stress and strain histories are obtained via an explicit integration procedure which employs an inelastic (damage-plastic) predictor followed by an elastic corrector step. Numerical simulations of the elastic–plastic deformation behavior of damaged solids demonstrate the efficiency of the formulation. A variety of large strain elastic–plastic-damage problems including severe localization is presented, and the influence of different model parameters on the deformation and localization prediction of ductile metals is discussed.     

Stability of an infinite solid with a circular cylindrical crack under compression using the Treloar potential

The fracture stability of a circular cylindrical crack in an infinite incompressible solid subjected to an axial compression is considered. A state of subcritical initial strain is assumed. The failure criterion is based on the local stability loss. The investigation is carried out in a single form for the hyper-elastic bodies with an arbitrary type of an elastic potential. Critical loads are determined for axisymmetric forms of a stability loss in the region local to the crack. The linearized problem reduced to the eigenvalue problem is solved numerically. Numerical results are obtained for solids with Treloar potential.     

Micromechanics-based elastic damage modeling of particulate composites with weakened interfaces

A micromechanical framework is proposed to predict the effective elastic behavior and weakened interface evolution of particulate composites. The Eshelby’s tensor for an ellipsoidal inclusion with slightly weakened interface [Qu, J., 1993a. Eshelby tensor for an elastic inclusion with slightly weakened interfaces. Journal of Applied Mechanics 60 (4), 1048–1050; Qu, J., 1993b. The effect of slightly weakened interfaces on the overall elastic properties of composite materials. Mechanics of Materials 14, 269–281] is adopted to model spherical particles having imperfect interfaces in the composites and is incorporated into the micromechanical framework. Based on the Eshelby’s micromechanics, the effective elastic moduli of three-phase particulate composites are derived. A damage model is subsequently considered in accordance with the Weibull’s probabilistic function to characterize the varying probability of evolution of weakened interface between the inclusion and the matrix. The proposed micromechanical elastic damage model is applied to the uniaxial, biaxial and triaxial tensile loadings to predict the various stress–strain responses. Comparisons between the present predictions with other numerical and analytical predictions and available experimental data are conducted to assess the potential of the present framework.     

The Stress State of an Elastic Medium with an Elliptic Crack and Two Ellipsoidal Cavities

This paper is a study into the interaction of two triaxial ellipsoidal cavities whose surfaces are under different pressures with an elliptic crack in an infinite elastic medium. The stress state in the elastic space is represented by a superposition of perturbed states due to the presence and interaction of the cavities and the crack. The exact solution of the problem is constructed by using a modified method of equivalent inclusion, the potential of an inhomogeneous ellipsoid, and a system of harmonic functions for the elliptic crack. A numerical analysis is carried out to find how the geometry of the cavities and the crack, the distance between them, and the pressure on their surfaces affect the stress intensity factors