The stress intensity factor of a subsurface inclined crack subjected to dynamic impact loading (Q1309490)

To gain insight into the phenomenon of the interaction of stress waves with a material defect, the transient problem of a half-space containing a subsurface inclined semi-infinite crack subjected to normal impact on the boundary of the half-space is studied. The solutions are determined by linear superposition of the fundamental solution in the Laplace transform domain. The fundamental solution is the exponentially distributed traction on crack faces proposed by \textit{C.-H. Tsai} and \textit{C.-C. Ma} [J. Appl. Mech. 59, No. 4, 804-811 (1992; Zbl 0770.73072)]. Due to the nature of the crack geometry, a combination of transient mixed mode I and II deformation fields is induced near the crack tip. The exact closed form solutions for stress intensity factor histories are obtained.