Transient Response of a Single-Edge Crack in an Elastic Half-Plane

摘要

The elasto-dynamic response of a single-edge crack in a semi-infinite elastic medium is considered in this study. The crack is assumed to appear suddenly in an elastic half-plane that is being stretched by a remote stress field. Near the crack, the interactions between the wave emanating from the tip and those reflected from the free edge take place. This investigation focuses its attention on the determination of the effect of this interaction on the stress intensity factor. Laplace and Fourier transforms are used to reduce the solution to a pair of dual integral equations. A numerical Laplace inversion procedure is used to obtain the time dependence of the solution. Numerical results on the dynamic stress intensity factor are obtained and are presented in a graphical form. (ERA citation 05:033955)