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The stability of dynamic anti-plane sliding at an interface between an elastic layer and an elastic half-space with dissimilar elastic properties is studied. Friction at the interface is assumed to follow a rate- and state-dependent law, with a positive instantaneous dependence on slip velocity and a rate weakening behavior in the steady state. The perturbations at the interface are of the form exp(ikx 1+pt), where k is the wavenumber, x 1 is the coordinate along the interface, p is the time response to the perturbation and t is time. A key feature of the problem is that interfacial waves both in freely slipping contact as well as in bonded contact exist for the problem. Attention is focused on the role of the interfacial waves on slip stability. Instabilities are plotted in the \(\operatorname{Re} (pL/V_{o})\) versus \(\operatorname{Im} (p/|k|c_{s})\) plane, where L is a length scale in the friction law, V o is the unperturbed slip velocity and c s is the shear wave speed of the layer. Stability of both rapid and slow slip is studied. The results show one mechanism by which instabilities occur is the destabilization by friction of the interfacial waves in freely slipping contact/bonded contact. This occurs even in slow sliding, thus confirming that the quasi-static approximation is not valid for slow sliding. The effect of material properties and layer thickness on the stability results is studied.
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Ranjith, K. Instabilities in Dynamic Anti-plane Sliding of an Elastic Layer on a Dissimilar Elastic Half-Space. J Elast 115, 47–59 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-013-9446-1
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