Vol.20, No.3, 2020, pp. 203–210
UDC:

LINEAR ELASTIC AND ELASTO-PLASTIC ASPECTS OF INTERFACE FRACTURE MECHANICS

L. Banks-Sills1, A. Sedmak2

1) Tel Aviv University, Dreszer Fracture Mechanics Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Ramat Aviv, ISRAEL

2) University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineer-ing, Belgrade, SERBIA

email: asedmak@mas.bg.ac.rs 

 

Abstract

This paper is written on the occasion of J.R. Rice’s 80th birthday. Basically, it presents two aspects of interface fracture mechanics, linear elastic and elasto-plastic, both of them reflecting the long experience of the two authors. Special attention has been focused on the seminal contribution of Jim Rice, still being a great inspiration to researchers in the field of fracture mechanics. Fundamentals that he developed enabled us to build versatile scientific and engineering tools that currently enable the solution of almost any problem related to cracks.

Keywords: interface fracture mechanics, bi-material body, J-integral, singular finite element

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