%0 Journal Article
%T Applicability of the Bi-material Notch Model to Analysis of Failure Initiation in Compound Structures
%A Jan Klus¨˘k
%A Zdenek Kn¨¦sl
%J Bulletin of Applied Mechanics
%D 2008
%I Czech Technical University, Prague
%X The fracture mechanics analysis of bi-material notches is derived as the generalization of the classic linear elastic fracture mechanics approaches to general singular stress concentrators. The model of a bi-material notch is suitable to simulate a stress state of number of singular stress concentrators in bodies composed of two or more different materials. The paper outlines the possibilities of application of the bi-material notch model to analysis of crack initiation at the surface of solids composed of two materials.
%K Bi-material notch
%K crack initiation
%K singular stress concentrator
%U http://bulletin-am.cz/index.php/vam/article/view/88