Stress Singularities near Interface Crack Tip for Mode II of Orthotropic Bi-Material

Abstract

Using the method of composite material complex and constructing new stress functions with complex singularity exponents, the problem of singularities near interface crack tip for mode II of orthotropic bi-material is studied. Boundary value problems of generalized bi-harmonic equations can be solved with the help of boundary conditions, then four kinds of stress singularities are deduced, respectively, such as the constant singularity at λ=-1/2, the non-constant singularity at λ=-1/2+ε , the constant oscillation singularity at λ=-1/2+iε, and non-constant oscillation singularity at λ=-1/2+c+iε. For each case, the analytic expressions for stress intensity factors near the central-penetrated interface crack tip for mode II of orthotropic bi-material are obtained.