Simulation of the spontaneous growth of a dynamic crack without constraints on the crack tip path
Simulation of the spontaneous growth of a dynamic crack without constraints on the crack tip path
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模拟动态裂纹的自发生长,不受裂纹尖端路径的限制
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1999
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通讯作者:
T. Yamashita
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N. Kame;T. Yamashita
SUMMARY The spontaneous growth of a dynamic in-plane shear crack is simulated using a newly developed method of analysis in which no a priori constraint is required for the crack tip path, unlike in other classical studies. We formulate the problem in terms of boundary integral equations; the hypersingularities of the integration kernels are removed by taking the finite parts. Our analysis shows that dynamic crack growth is spontaneously arrested soon after the bending of the crack tips, even in a uniformly stressed medium with homogeneously distributed fracture strengths. This shows that the dynamics of crack growth has a significant eVect on forming the non-planar crack shape, and consequently plays an essential role in the arrest of earthquake rupturing.