<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present article examines the problem related to the axisymmetric torsion of an elastic layer by a circular rigid disc at the symmetry plane. The layer is sandwiched between two similar elastic half-spaces with two penny-shaped cracks symmetrically located at the interfaces between the two bonded dissimilar media. The mixed boundary-value problem is transformed, by means of the Hankel integral transformation, to dual integral equations, that are reduced, to a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. The numerical methods are used to convert the resulting system to a system of infinite algebraic equations. Some physical quantities such as the stress intensity factor and the moment are calculated and presented numerically according to some relevant parameters. The numerical results show that the discontinuities around the crack and the inclusion cause a large increase in the stresses that decay with distance from the disc-loaded. Furthermore, the dependence of the stress intensity factor on the disc size, the distance between the crack and the disc, and the shear parameter is also observerd.</p></abstract>

The present article examines the problem related to the axisymmetric torsion of an elastic layer by a circular rigid disc at the symmetry plane. The layer is sandwiched between two similar elastic half-spaces with two penny-shaped cracks symmetrically located at the interfaces between the two bonded dissimilar media. The mixed boundary-value problem is transformed, by means of the Hankel integral transformation, to dual integral equations, that are reduced, to a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. The numerical methods are used to convert the resulting system to a system of infinite algebraic equations. Some physical quantities such as the stress intensity factor and the moment are calculated and presented numerically according to some relevant parameters. The numerical results show that the discontinuities around the crack and the inclusion cause a large increase in the stresses that decay with distance from the disc-loaded. Furthermore, the dependence of the stress intensity factor on the disc size, the distance between the crack and the disc, and the shear parameter is also observerd.

Axisymmetric Torsion of an Elastic Layer Sandwiched between Two Elastic Half-Spaces with Two Interfaced Cracks

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The present article examines the problem related to the axisymmetric torsion of an elastic layer by a circular rigid disc at the symmetry plane. The layer is...

Axisymmetric Torsion of an Elastic Layer Sandwiched between Two Elastic Half-Spaces with Two Interfaced Cracks

Article Category: Research Article

Online veröffentlicht: 28. Juni 2019

Seitenbereich: 57 - 66

Eingereicht: 10. Okt. 2018

Akzeptiert: 15. Jan. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2019-0006

Schlüsselwörter
Axisymmetric torsion, Penny-shaped crack, Dual integral equations, Fredholm integral equations

© 2019 Fateh Madani, Belkacem Kebli, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Axisymmetric Torsion of an Elastic Layer Sandwiched between Two Elastic Half-Spaces with Two Interfaced Cracks

Article Category: Research Article

Online veröffentlicht: 28. Juni 2019

Seitenbereich: 57 - 66

Eingereicht: 10. Okt. 2018

Akzeptiert: 15. Jan. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2019-0006

SchlüsselwörterAxisymmetric torsion, Penny-shaped crack, Dual integral equations, Fredholm integral equations

© 2019 Fateh Madani, Belkacem Kebli, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Axisymmetric torsion, Penny-shaped crack, Dual integral equations, Fredholm integral equations