An accurate method which directly accounts for the interac ti ons between different microcracks is used for analyzing the elastic problem of m ultiple cracks solids. The effective elastic moduli for randomly oriented ...An accurate method which directly accounts for the interac ti ons between different microcracks is used for analyzing the elastic problem of m ultiple cracks solids. The effective elastic moduli for randomly oriented crack s and parallel cracks are evaluated for the representative volume element (RVE) with microcracks in infinite media. The numerical results are compared with thos e from various micromechanics models and experimental data. These results show t hat the present method is simple and provides a direct and efficient approach to dealing with elastic solids containing multiple cracks.展开更多
文摘An accurate method which directly accounts for the interac ti ons between different microcracks is used for analyzing the elastic problem of m ultiple cracks solids. The effective elastic moduli for randomly oriented crack s and parallel cracks are evaluated for the representative volume element (RVE) with microcracks in infinite media. The numerical results are compared with thos e from various micromechanics models and experimental data. These results show t hat the present method is simple and provides a direct and efficient approach to dealing with elastic solids containing multiple cracks.