Photoelasticity is employed to investigate the stress state near stiff rectangular and
rhombohedral inclusions embedded in a 'soft'elastic plate. Results show that the singular …

One of the assumptions of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics is that the crack faces are
traction-free or, at most, loaded by bounded tractions. The standard Irwin's crack closure …

A dispersion of stiff and thin ('rigid line') inclusions (RLIs) in a matrix material may result
beneficial for stiffening in the elastic range, but might be detrimental to strength, as material …

The elastic interaction of two rigid line inclusions is analyzed when the inclusions are
embedded in a finite matrix. The boundary element method is used to solve for the elastic …

Can the thickness of a thin inclusion (in a matrix material) be made so small (though
retaining sufficient stiffness and matrix adhesion) to generate 'in practice'a stress state in …

First, a recently developed eigenfunction expansion technique, based in part on the
separation of the thickness variable and partly utilizing a modified Frobenius-type series …

A 2D elastic problem for a body containing a set of bulk and thin rigid inclusions of arbitrary
shapes is considered. It is assumed that rigid inclusions are bonded into elastic matrix. To …

Shear bands (SBs) play an important role in controlling plastic flow, identifying large shear
strain, and detecting failure in metallic glass (MG). Interaction between individual SBs by a …

A model of a shear band as a zero-thickness non-linear interface is proposed and tested
using finite element simulations. An imperfection approach is used in this model where a …

In this paper, the problem of a rigid line inclusion in a nonlocal elastic medium is solved.
Two special inclusion orientations are considered. These are (1) inclusion is parallel to the …