Summary
An expression for the energy flux into the tip of an extending crack in terms of the dynamic elastic field of the crack is derived on the basis of an overall energy rate balance. It is shown that the energy flux depends only on the near-tip elastic field. The expression is compared to other expressions for this dependence which have been proposed by Atkinson and Eshelby, by Achenbach and by Erdogan. The energy flux is calculated in terms of the stress intensity factor for a particular plane strain problem and an antiplane strain problem.
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Sur la base d'un équilibre énergétique dynamique global, le flux d'énergie convergeant vers l'extrémité d'une tissure en propagation est exprimé en fonction du champ élastique dynamique de la fissure. II est démontré que ce flux d'énergie ne dépend que du champ élastique au voisinage immédiat de l'extremité de la fissure, L'expression obtenue est comparée aux expressions précédemment proposées par MM. Atkinson et Eshelby, Mr. Achenbach, et Mr. Erdogan. Le flux d'énergie est évalué en fonction du facteur d'intensité des contraintes dans les cas particuliers d'un problème de déformation plane et d'un problème dans lequel la direction du cisaillement est horizontale.
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Supported by the United States Atomic Energy Commission through Contract AT (11-1)-3084 with Brown University.
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Freund, L.B. Energy flux into the tip of an extending crack in an elastic solid. J Elasticity 2, 341–349 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00045718
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