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Multiple ellipsoidal/elliptical inhomogeneities embedded in infinite matrix by equivalent inhomogeneous inclusion method. (English) Zbl 07589919

Summary: Traditional equivalent inclusion method provides unreliable predictions of the stress concentrations of two spherical inhomogeneities with small separation distance. This paper determines the stress and strain fields of multiple ellipsoidal/elliptical inhomogeneities by equivalent inhomogeneous inclusion method. Equivalent inhomogeneous inclusion method is an inverse of equivalent inclusion method and substitutes the subdomains of matrix with known strains by equivalent inhomogeneous inclusions. The stress and strain fields of multiple inhomogeneities are decomposed into the superposition of matrix under applied load and each solitary inhomogeneous inclusion with polynomial eigenstrains by the iteration of equivalent inhomogeneous inclusion method. Multiple circular and spherical inhomogeneities are respectively used as examples and examined by the finite element method. The stress concentrations of multiple inhomogeneities with small separation distances are well predicted by equivalent inhomogeneous inclusion method and the accuracies improve with the increase of eigenstrain orders. Equivalent inhomogeneous inclusion method gives more accurate stress predictions than equivalent inclusion method in the problem of two spherical inhomogeneities.

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74-XX Mechanics of deformable solids
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