Abstract
This paper investigates edge delamination in an orthotropic layered structure composed of a thin film and a substrate under a temperature change. An edge interface crack is analyzed for two configurations in which it emerges from an interior or corner edge of the film. Special attention is paid to the effects of orthotropic material constants on delamination cracking. The necessary material parameters involved in the energy release rate and mode mixity for the interface crack are found based on a modified Stroh formalism. The explicit dependence of the energy release rate and mode mixity on one orthotropic parameter for the film is discovered using an orthotropy rescaling technique. The effects of other material parameters on the energy release rate and mode mixity are examined numerically, and the growth and arrest of edge interface cracks are discussed based on an energy criterion.
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