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In this paper, with the aid of superimposing technique and the Pseudo Traction Method (PTM), the interaction problem between an interface macrocrack and parallel microcracks in the process zone in bimaterial anisotropic solids is reduced to a system of integral equations. After the integral equations are solved numerically, a conservation law among three kinds ofJ-integrals is obtained which are induced from the interface macrocrack tip, the microcrack and the remote field, respectively. This conservation law reveals that the microcrack shielding effect in such materials could be considered as the redistribution of the remoteJ-integral.
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Wenye, T., Yiheng, C. Further investigation of interaction between interface macrocrack and parallel microcracks in bimaterial anisotropic solids. Acta Mech Sinica 15, 255–264 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02486153
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02486153