Anisotropy and magnetoelasticity effects on the propagation of the SH-wave-induced semi-infinite crack in a magnetoelastic orthotropic medium

Abstract

The crux of the present study is to investigate semi-infinite crack propagation in magnetoelastic strip influenced by propagating SH-wave under orthotropic geometrical configurations. The Wiener-Hopf (WH) technique and two-sided Fourier integral transforms (FIT) are applied in the proposed analytical model. A closed-form expression of the stress intensity factor (SIF) has been established for the constant concentrated force. The SIF in a magnetoelastic orthotropic strip is shown to be significantly affected by the crack length and crack speed, medium anisotropy, and magnetoelastic parameter. The proposed model is compared to the case of a magnetoelastic isotropic strip in order to demonstrate the effect of orthotropy as well as other anomalies. Among other observations, it is noted that regardless of whether orthotropy exists in the strip or not, the value of the SIF rises along with the crack speed until it reaches its maximum, at which point it rapidly declines.