Title
Mixed-mode dynamic crack propagation in graded materials under thermo-mechanical loading
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
9-1-2010
Abstract
Mixed-mode dynamic crack growth behavior in functionally graded materials (FGMs) under thermo-mechanical loading is studied. Asymptotic analysis in conjunction with displacement potentials has been used to develop thermo-mechanical stress fields for a mixed mode propagating crack in a FGM. The shear modulus, mass density, thermal conductivity and coefficient of thermal expansion of the FGM are assumed to vary exponentially along the gradation direction. First, asymptotic temperature fields are derived for an exponential variation of thermal conductivity and later these temperature fields are used in deriving stress fields. Using asymptotic thermo-mechanical stress fields the variation of maximum shear stress, circumferential stress and strain-energy density as a function of temperature around the crack tip are generated. Finally, utilizing the minimum strain-energy density criterion and the maximum circumferential stress criterion, the crack growth direction for various crack-tip speeds, non-homogeneity coefficients and temperature fields are determined. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Volume
77
Issue
14
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Kidane, Addis, Vijaya B. Chalivendra, Arun Shukla, and Ravi Chona. "Mixed-mode dynamic crack propagation in graded materials under thermo-mechanical loading." Engineering Fracture Mechanics 77, 14 (2010): 2864-2880. doi: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.07.004.