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1Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Abstract:
Analytical solutions to two axisymmetric problems of a penny-shaped crack when an annulus-shaped (model 1) or a disc-shaped (model 2) rigid inclusion of arbitrary profile are embedded into the crack are derived. The problems are governed by integral equations with the Weber-Sonine kernel on two segments. By the Mellin convolution theorem, the integral equations associated with models 1 and 2 reduce to vector Riemann-Hilbert problems with 3 × 3 and 2 × 2 triangular matrix coefficients whose entries consist of meromorphic and plus or minus infinite indices exponential functions. Canonical matrices of factorization are derived and the partial indices are computed. Exact representation formulae for the normal stress, the stress intensity factors (SIFs) at the crack and inclusion edges, and the normal displacement are obtained and the results of numerical tests are reported. In addition, simple asymptotic formulae for the SIFs are derived.
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