On the steady motion of a crack with slip and separation sections along the interface of two elastic materials (Q1071588)

The pre-Rayleigh motion of a crack (slit) with a finite slip section adjoining the edge of the crack and a semi-infinite separation section along the line connecting two elastic materials is studied under the action of a moving load. The problem is first reduced to a Hilbert boundary value problem with three different singularities for a system of two analytic functions of a complex variable. Then, by using conformal mapping techniques, analytic continuation, and elimination of singularities it is reduced to a problem with two singularities that lends itself to splitting, and consequently, of solution in Cauchy-type integrals. The length of the slip section is determined uniquely from additional physical conditions (no force of attraction on the slip section, and non-intersection of the slip edges in the separation zone) formulated in the form of inequalities. For a concentrated load at a distance from the edge of the slip, the solution is obtained explicitly.