On the nucleation of cavities in planar elasticity

Abstract

A. J. Levyination of the classical nucleation criteria (critical interfacial stress, critical energy release) is undertaken as well in light of the results of the analysis.

The mechanics of atherosclerotic plaque rupture by inclusion/matrix interfacial decohesion

“…The solution to (1), subject to the stated displacement dependent interface traction boundary conditions, is obtained by a procedure introduced by one of the authors (Levy) and utilized in the analysis of a number of problems involving nonlinear interfacial decohesion and cavity nucleation in unbounded planar media (e.g. Levy, 1991Levy, , 1997Xie and Levy, 2007). The solution is represented as the superposition of two solutions, one for the uniform field (uniform layer without the inclusion) and the other for the local field (layer with a stressed cavity).…”