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Analysis of the Interface Crack for Rubber-like Materials

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The interface crack between two dissimilar rubber materials under mixed load is asymptotically analyzed in this paper. It is shown that the crack tip field is composed of one expanding sector and two shrinking sectors. For the case considered, the interface is located in the expanding sector. Analytical solutions are obtained for both the expanding sector and the shrinking sectors. The structures of the crack tip field obtained in this paper is compared with those in previous works for different constitutive equations.

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Gao, Y. Analysis of the Interface Crack for Rubber-like Materials. Journal of Elasticity 66, 1–19 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020588113062

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