Crack initiation in brittle materials

DOI10.1007/S00205-007-0080-6zbMATH Open1138.74042OpenAlexW2013450579MaRDI QIDQ930404FDOQ930404

Authors: Antonin Chambolle, Alessandro Giacomini, Marcello Ponsiglione 

Publication date: 30 June 2008

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we study the crack initiation in a hyper-elastic body governed by a Griffith's type energy. We prove that, during a load process through a time dependent boundary datum of the type $totg(x)$ and in absence of strong singularities (this is the case of homogeneous isotropic materials) the crack initiation is brutal, i.e., a big crack appears after a positive time $t_i>0$. On the contrary, in presence of a point $x$ of strong singularity, a crack will depart from $x$ at the initial time of loading and with zero velocity. We prove these facts (largely expected by the experts of material science) for admissible cracks belonging to the large class of closed one dimensional sets with a finite number of connected components. The main tool we employ to address the problem is a local minimality result for the functional ${\displaystyle }$ Es(u,Gamma):=int_Om f(x, abla v) dx+khu(Gamma), ${\displaystyle }$ where $Omegasubseteq{R}^2$, $k>0$ and $f$ is a suitable Carath'eodory function. We prove that if the uncracked configuration $u$ of $Om$ relative to a boundary displacement $psi$ has uniformly weak singularities, then configurations $(u_{G}amma,Gamma)$ with $hu(Gamma)$ small enough are such that $Es(u,emptyset)<Es(u_{G}amma,Gamma)$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0510592

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zbMATH Keywords

local minimalityhyperelastic bodyGriffith energyCarathéodory function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Brittle fracture (74R10)

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