Elastodynamic parameters for dynamic interface fracture mechanics (Q1384738)

The authors consider the dynamics of cracks running along curvilinear interfaces of brittle bimaterials subjected to mechanical crack surface loads and superimposed thermal strains acting along the ligament. By using the linear theory of thermoelasticity and adopting Stroh's formalism of generalized complex potentials, the authors derive vectorial Hilbert problems from the corresponding boundary and continuity conditions. It is shown that parameters of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the Hilbert problems can be interpreted as elastodynamic interface mechanics parameters.