Elastic field due to an edge dislocation in a multilayered composite

A numerical procedure is presented for the analysis of the elastic field due to an edge dislocation in a multilayered composite. The multilayered composite consists of n perfectly bonded layers having different material properties and thickness, and two half-planes adhere to the top and bottom layers. The stiffness matrices for each layer and the half-planes are first derived in the Fourier transform domain, then a set of global stiffness equations is assembled to solve for the transformed components of the elastic field. Since the singular part of the elastic field corresponding to the dislocation in the full-plane has been extracted from the transformed components, regular numerical integration is needed only to evaluate the inverse Fourier transform. Numerical results for the elastic field due to an edge dislocation in a bimaterial medium are shown in fairly good agreement with analytical solutions. The elastic field and the Peach–Kohler image force are also presented for an edge dislocation in a single layered half-plane, a two-layered half-plane and a multilayered composite made of alternating layers of two different materials.

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