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Title: Some applications of two-dimensional stress transfer analyses

Journal Article · · Acta Materialia
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Metals and Ceramics Div.

Two-dimensional stress transfer analyses are performed for the following system: a long central plate bonded on opposite sides along its length to two short plates and subjected to tensile loading at its ends. The load transfers from the long plate to the short plate through the interfacial shear stress. The system represents the unit cell of platelet-reinforced composites, in which parallel matrix cracks are uniformly spaced and are bridged by the platelet, in a two-dimensional sense. Analytical solutions for the crack opening displacement, the additional displacement of the composite due to the presence of cracks, and stress intensity factor at the crack tip are derived. Letting the long plate and the short plates have the same mechanical properties, the analytical solutions are compared to the existing numerical solutions for tensile loading of both a double edge notch strip and a semi-infinite plane with parallel edge cracks.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
OSTI ID:
616254
Journal Information:
Acta Materialia, Vol. 46, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: 23 Mar 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English