Large deformations near a tip of an interface-crack between two Neo- Hookean sheets (Q798075)

The authors employ a nonlinear asymptotic theory of elastostatic plane stress problems for a traction-free interface crack between two otherwise bonded dissimilar semi-infinite Neo-Hookean sheets. The oscillatory singularities present in a linearized theory are shown to be absent in the nonlinear theory. Also, as a by-product, certain results in connection with the mode II crack problem for a single (homogeneous) Neo- Hookean sheet are presented.