| Coupled Systems Mechanics Volume 8, Number 1, February 2019, pages 1-17 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/csm.2019.8.1.001 | |
Influence of sine material gradients on delamination
in multilayered beams
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Victor I. Rizov
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| Abstract [Full Text] | |
| The present paper deals with delamination fracture analyses of the multilayered functionally graded non-linear elastic Symmetric Split Beam (SSB) configurations. The material is functionally graded in both width and height directions in each layer. It is assumed that the material properties are distributed non-symmetrically with respect to the centroidal axes of the beam cross-section. Sine laws are used to describe the continuous variation of the material properties in the cross-sections of the layers. The delamination fracture is analyzed in terms of the strain energy release rate by considering the balance of the energy. A comparison with the J-integral is performed for verification. The solution derived is used for parametric analyses of the delamination fracture behavior of the multilayered functionally graded SSB in order to evaluate the effects of the sine gradients of the three material properties in the width and height directions of the layers and the location of the crack along the beam width on the strain energy release rate. The solution obtained is valid for two-dimensional functionally graded non-linear elastic SSB configurations which are made of an arbitrary number of lengthwise vertical layers. A delamination crack is located arbitrary between layers. Thus, the two crack arms have different widths. Besides, the layers have individual widths and material properties. | |
| Key Words | |
| multilayered beam; delamination fracture; material non-linearity; two-dimensional sine material gradient | |
| Address | |
| Victor I. Rizov: Department of Technical Mechanics, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, 1 Chr. Smirnensky Blvd., 1046 – Sofia, Bulgaria | |
