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Effective Behaviors of Graded Thermoelectric Material under Thermal Shock
Introducing functional gradients into thermoelectric materials can affect their conversion efficiency and mechanical properties. In this paper, the problem of thermal shock of an exponentially thermoelectric g...
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In this paper, plane thermo-elastic solutions are presented for the problem of a crack in two bonded homogeneous orthotropic media with a graded interfacial zone. The graded interfacial zone is treated as a no...
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An exact contact analysis of two collinear stamps over the surface of orthotropic materials is performed. Eigenvalue analyses related to the governing equations are conducted, and real fundamental solutions ar...
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The collinear crack problem for an orthotropic functionally graded coating–substrate structure
A theoretical treatment of antiplane crack problem of two collinear cracks on the two sides of and perpendicular to the interface between a functionally graded orthotropic strip bonded to an orthotropic homoge...
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Thermal stress intensity factors for an interface crack in a functionally graded layered structures
The fracture behavior of a functionally graded layered structure (FGLS) with an interface crack under thermal loading is investigated. Considering new boundary conditions, it is assumed that interface crack is...
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Mode-I crack problem for functionally graded layered structures
This paper deals with two bonded functionally graded finite strips with two collinear cracks. Different layers may have different nonhomogeneity properties in the structure. A bi-parameter exponential function...
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Anti-plane problem of periodic interface cracks in a functionally graded coating-substrate structure
In this paper, the interface cracking between a functionally graded material (FGM) and an elastic substrate is analyzed under antiplane shear loads. Two crack configurations are considered, namely a FGM bonded...