Computation of dynamic stress intensity factors in cracked functionally graded materials using scaled boundary polygons

In this paper, the recently developed scaled boundary polygons formulation for the evaluation of stress intensity factors in functionally graded materials is extended to elas-to-dynamics. In this approach, the domain is discretized using polygons with arbitrary number of sides. Within each polygon, the scaled boundary polygon shape functions are used to interpolate the displacement field. For uncracked polygons, these shape functions are linearly complete. In a cracked polygon, the shape functions analytically model the stress singularity at the crack tip. Therefore, accurate dynamic stress intensity factors can be computed directly from their definitions. Only a single polygon is necessary to accurately compute the stress intensity factors. To model the material heterogeneity in functionally graded materials, the material gradients are approximated locally in each polygon using polynomial functions. This leads to semi-analytical expressions for both the stiffness and the mass matrices, which can be integrated straightforwardly. The versatility of the developed formulation is demonstrated by modeling five numerical examples involving cracked functionally graded specimens subjected to dynamic loads. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.