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A Rigid Elliptic Inclusion in an Elastic Medium With a Slipping Interface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2011

Yung-Ming Wang
Yung-Ming Wang*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 70101, R.O.C.
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*Associate Professor
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Abstract

When an elastic medium containing an elliptic inclusion with a sliding interface is subjected to a remote pure shear, it was found that the inclusion behaves like a cavity. Since a circle is a special case of an ellipse, the solution should be applicable to a circular inclusion as well. However, it breaks down when the ellipse degenerates into a circle. This implies that the solution is questionable. In this paper the problem is examined by considering a rigid elliptic inclusion in an elastic medium with sliding interface between them. By taking account of a large rotation of the inclusion instead of a small rotation, we obtain a uniformly valid solution applicable to a circular inclusion as well as to an elliptic inclusion. The solution reveals a remarkable snapping behavior of the inclusion under a critical load. A simple condition for its occurrence is derived.

Keywords

Elliptic inclusionCavityLarge rotationSlipping interfaceSnapping
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , March 2003 , pp. 197 - 202
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2003

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