Dislocation model of a subsurface crack

Fuqian Yang, J. C.M. Li

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Abstract

A dislocation model of a subsurface crack parallel to the surface is presented. For tensile loading, the results agree with those of previous workers except that we studied the crack very close to the surface and found that KII (mode II stress intensity factor) approaches KI (mode I stress intensity factor) to within about 22% (KII=0.78KI). (Note that KII is zero when the crack is far away from the surface). Using bending theory for such situations, it is found that both stress intensity factors are inversely proportional to the 3/2 power of the distance between the subsurface crack and the free surface. For shear loading, the crack faces overlap each other for the free traction condition. This indicates the failure of the model. However, there was no overlap for tensile loading even though the stresses in front of the crack oscillate somewhat when the crack is very close to the surface.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4816-4822
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume82
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 15 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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