{"title":"Compliances and resistances of cracks with multiple contacts between faces: An overview","authors":"A. Markov , S. Kanaun , M. Kachanov","doi":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2025.104235","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Partial contacts between faces are common in cracks. They produce strong stiffening effect, even if they are small. The cross-property connection implies that they produce a similar effect on the crack resistivity contributions. These effects lead to a substantial reduction of the “effective” crack density that controls the overall properties. The present work analyzes these issues in a systematic way, as functions of contact distributions. In particular, the effects of contact density and clustering are examined. The paper contains a critical review of the earlier works as well as new results.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14053,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering Science","volume":"211 ","pages":"Article 104235"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Engineering Science","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020722525000229","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Partial contacts between faces are common in cracks. They produce strong stiffening effect, even if they are small. The cross-property connection implies that they produce a similar effect on the crack resistivity contributions. These effects lead to a substantial reduction of the “effective” crack density that controls the overall properties. The present work analyzes these issues in a systematic way, as functions of contact distributions. In particular, the effects of contact density and clustering are examined. The paper contains a critical review of the earlier works as well as new results.
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