Abstract
In this paper, a central crack in a one-dimensional (1D) orthorhombic quasicrystal strip under anti-plane loadings has been studied. Fourier transform is applied to reduce the mixed boundary value problem of the crack to solving a system of simultaneous singular integral equations. Asymptotic expressions of the phonon and the phason fields near the crack tips have been obtained. The crack-tip singularities of the anti-plane crack have been investigated, and the intensity factors of the stresses in the phonon and the phason fields are derived explicitly. The stress intensity factors (SIFs) and the hoop stress intensity factors (HSIFs) have been determined to investigate the effect of the geometric size and the crack skewing phenomenon. This crack skewing phenomenon is different from the mode-III crack problems in isotropic elastic materials and transversely isotropic elastic materials where the crack propagates along the original crack plane.
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