For a non-pathological bimaterial in which an interface crack displays no oscillatory
behaviour, it is observed that, apart possibly from the stress intensity factors, the structure of …

In this review we try to cover various topics in fracture mechanics in which mathematical
analysis can be used both to aid numerical methods and cast light on key features of the …

Due to asymmetry in loading and elastic properties across the interface, many interfacial
fracture problems are inherently mixed mode. In mixed mode, both normal and shear …

The competition between dislocation emission and cleavage at a crack tip plays an
important role in governing the intrinsic fracture behavior of crystalline materials. This …

Three-dimensional micromechanical anisotropic damage models for microcrack-weakened
brittle solids are presented. The self-consistent method is employed together with analytical …

A variety of energy release rate-based approaches are evaluated for their accuracy in
predicting delamination growth in unidirectional and multidirectional laminated composites …

The extended finite element method (XFEM) is further improved for fracture analysis of
composite laminates containing interlaminar delaminations. New set of bimaterial …

For interfacial cracks in anisotropic elastic solids, controversies exist in that several different
definitions for the crack-tip field have been proposed in the literature. In this paper, we first …

The two-dimensional problem of an interface crack between two anisotropic elastic solids is
considered. A necessary and sufficient condition for no oscillations in the singular crack-tip …

This is Part I of the work on a two-dimensional analysis of thermal and electric fields of a
thermopiezoelectric solid damaged by cracks. It deals with finding the singular crack tip …