Abstract
In this paper, a simple and efficient iterative algorithm is adopted to model crack closure and sliding with the displacement discontinuity method (DDM). The problem of a subsurface crack in a half-plane under indentation loading considered by Elvin and Leung (Elvin N, Leung C. A fast iterative boundary element method for solving closed crack problems. Engng Fract Mech 1999;63:631-48) and DeBremaecker and Ferris (DeBremaecker J-Cl, Ferris MC. A comparison of two algorithm for solving closed crack problems. Engng Fract Mech 2000;66:601-05) is reexamined using the iterative DDM. The cases of a partially closed crack with both frictionless and frictional contacts are considered. Benchmark results for the stress intensity factors and the interfacial crack mechanisms for a subsurface crack are presented and compared with the results obtained from the fast iterative algorithm of Elvin and Leung and those from the PATH algorithm of DeBremaecker and Ferris.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 128-135 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Engineering Fracture Mechanics |
Volume | 75 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2008 |
Keywords
- Crack closure and sliding
- Interfacial crack mechanism
- Iterative displacement discontinuity method
- Subsurface crack