Analytical Studies on a Crack in Layered Structures Mimicking Nacre
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 135, Issue 5
Abstract
In this paper, we study a model layered structure mimicking nacre. We start from an elastic energy appropriate for the model. We formulate how to obtain stress and strain distributions for this special elastic theory and explicitly derive a solution to a certain boundary condition. This solution predicts a reduction of the stress concentration around the crack tip, which proves the strength of the model structure.
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This work is supported by KAKENHI from MEXT, Japan.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 135 • Issue 5 • May 2009
Pages: 461 - 467
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© 2009 ASCE.
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Received: Jul 5, 2007
Accepted: Jul 23, 2008
Published online: May 1, 2009
Published in print: May 2009
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Note. Associate Editor: Christian Hellmich
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