TY - JOUR
T1 - The numerical computation of the critical boundary displacement for radial cavitation
AU - Negron-Marrero, P V
AU - Sivaloganathan, J
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We study radial solutions of the equations of isotropic elasticity in two dimensions (for a disc) and three dimensions (for a sphere). We describe a numerical scheme for computing the critical boundary displacement for cavitation based on the solution of a sequence of initial value problems for punctured domains. We give examples for specific materials and compare our numerical computations with some previous analytical results. A key observation in the formulation of the method is that the strong-ellipticity condition implies that the specification of the normal component of the Cauchy stress on an inner pre-existing but small cavity, leads to a relation for the radial strain as a function of the circumferential strain. To establish the convergence of the numerical scheme we prove a monotonicity property for the inner deformed radius for punctured balls.
AB - We study radial solutions of the equations of isotropic elasticity in two dimensions (for a disc) and three dimensions (for a sphere). We describe a numerical scheme for computing the critical boundary displacement for cavitation based on the solution of a sequence of initial value problems for punctured domains. We give examples for specific materials and compare our numerical computations with some previous analytical results. A key observation in the formulation of the method is that the strong-ellipticity condition implies that the specification of the normal component of the Cauchy stress on an inner pre-existing but small cavity, leads to a relation for the radial strain as a function of the circumferential strain. To establish the convergence of the numerical scheme we prove a monotonicity property for the inner deformed radius for punctured balls.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1081286508089845
U2 - 10.1177/1081286508089845
DO - 10.1177/1081286508089845
M3 - Article
VL - 14
SP - 696
EP - 726
JO - Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
JF - Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
SN - 1081-2865
IS - 8
ER -