Transient thermoelastic responses of functionally graded materials containing collinear cracks

N. Noda, B. L. Wang

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Abstract

A generalized method to treat the collinear cracks in functionally graded materials (FGMs) subjected to thermal loads is established. The integral transform technique is used to reduce the problem to a set of singular integral equations which is solved numerically. A metal/ceramic FGM plate and a metal layer/ceramic layer bonded plate are analyzed as examples. Numerical results are obtained to show the influence of crack spacing on field intensity factors ahead of the crack-tips. It is observed that thermal stress intensity factors can increase or decrease with the crack spacing. Through the introduction of the FGM, the thermal stress intensity factors can be reduced.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1791-1809
Number of pages19
JournalEngineering Fracture Mechanics
Volume69
Issue number14-16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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