Effect of the compliant interlayer on the dynamic stress intensity factor in a piecewise-homogeneous solid with a circular crack

Abstract

The dynamic behavior of a circular crack in an elastic composite consisting of two dissimilar half-spaces connected by a thin compliant interlayer is studied. One half-space contains a defect aligned perpendicular to the interlayer; the defect surfaces are loaded by normal harmonic forces, which ensures the symmetry of the stress-strain state. The thin interlayer is modeled by conditions of a nonideal contact of the half-spaces. The problem is reduced to a boundary integral equation with respect to the function of dynamic opening of the defect. The numerical solution of this equation yields frequency dependences of the mode I stress intensity factor in the vicinity of the crack for different values of interlayer thickness and relations between the moduli of elasticity of the composite components.