Fracture analysis near interface crack tip for mode I of orthotropic bi-materials

The mechanical behaviors near interface crack tip for mode I of double dissimilar orthotropic composites are studied. By translating governing equations into generalized biharmonic equations, the stress functions containing two stress singularity exponents are found with the help of a complex function method. Based on the boundary conditions, two systems of non-homogeneous linear equations are obtained. Through solving these systems two real stress singularity exponents are determined under appropriate condition of bimaterial engineering parameters. By the uniqueness theorem of limit,both the theoretical formulae of stress intensity factors and analytic solutions of stress field and displacement field near interface crack tip are deduced.