Abstract
The topological sensitivity derivative of a functional expressed in terms of displacement, strain or stress fields and boundary tractions is derived for the case of an elliptical hole introduced in the plate. The derivative is specified with respect to the hole area, the length of ellipse axes and their orientation in terms of primary and adjoint state fields. The shape sensitivity derivative for a finite hole can be applied and the topological derivative with respect to the hole area is obtained in the limiting case. The transition to a plane crack occurs for vanishing length of minor axis and the topological derivative with respect to crack length is then derived from the general formulae. The results can be useful in optimal design procedures by selecting positions, shape and orientation of elliptical cutouts.
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1 Introduction
The present paper is aimed at obtaining the analytical form of the topological sensitivity derivative of an arbitrary strain and displacement functional or stress and boundary traction functional with respect to the area of elliptic hole introduced in the plate subjected to boundary tractions and displacements. For an infinitesimal hole the derivative has finite value and can be applied in optimal design procedures by introducing elliptical holes, whose shape and orientation are obtained from the optimality conditions. The analytical form of the derivative is obtained by considering size variation of the elliptical hole of fixed shape and orientation of principal axes. Next, the sensitivity derivatives with respect to length of principal axes and their orientation are analytically expressed in closed form, not available in literature. The present derivation generalizes the previous works of Sokołowski and Żochowski (1999, 2003), who obtained the sensitivity derivative for a circular hole. The general formulae for topological derivatives in linear elasticity for arbitrary shapes of holes or inclusions have been derived by the method of compound asymptotic expansions with the use of polarization tensors by Nazarov and Sokołowski (2003) and Nazarov et al. (2010). Similarly, Amstutz (2006) presented the sensitivity analysis with respect to inhomogeneity perturbation for a class of problems described by Helmholtz type state equation, with the sensitivity expressed in terms of the polarization matrix. The inverse problems of inhomogeneity reconstruction using topological derivative concept were discussed by Ammari and Kang (2004).
The topological sensitivity analysis related to crack nucleation and growth was applied in several papers by Van Goethem and Novotny (2010), Feijóo et al. (2000), Khludnev et al. (2009), Novotny et al. (2003), Silva et al. (2010, 2011). Taroco (2000) derived first and second order shape sensitivity derivatives of the potential energy expressed in terms of path independent integrals and next related to crack growth. Kienzler et al. (2006) analyzed energy changes due to formation of a circular hole in a plate and presented several methods of specification of the potential energy variation including the application of the path independent integral related to growth of inhomogeneity. The class of conservation rules associated with the sensitivity analysis for translation, rotation and expansion of inhomogeneity was derived by Dems and Mróz (1986) and applied to crack sensitivity analysis.
The shape and topological size or area sensitivity derivatives are essential elements in topology optimization of structural elements using homogenization, variable density approaches, or level set methods etc., cf. Cea et al. (2000), Burger et al. (2004), Allaire et al. (2004), Wang et al. (2004), Bendsoe and Sigmund (2003), Bojczuk and Szteleblak (2008). The extensive review of topology optimization of structures was presented by Eschenauer and Olhoff (2001) and recently by Rozvany (2009). They are also important in material science, when the microstructure evolution corresponds to generation and growth of voids, inclusions, cracks or different crystalline phases, cf. Mróz and Bojczuk (2006).
The paper is organized as follows. In Section 2 the topological sensitivy derivative is expressed in terms of primary and adjoint stress states assuming the remote boundary loading to generate a uniform stress field in a plate with no hole inside its domain. The derivation follows the earlier works by Dems and Mróz (1984) and Bojczuk and Mróz (2009). In Section 3 the shape and orientation sensitivity analysis is presented. It is demonstrated that the topological derivative with respect to the hole area can be obtained from the shape sensitivity analysis assuming vanishing size parameter, as it was proposed by Novotny et al. (2003). The transition to the case of plane crack is obtained by setting the minor ellipse semiaxis length to tend to zero. The sensitivity derivatives with respect to the crack length are then generated and the stress intensity factors specified.
2 Topological sensitivity derivative
Consider now an elastic plate, whose middle surface occupies the domain A ⊂ R 2, with the boundary Γ = Γ u ∪ Γ T . The plate is loaded by tractions \({\rm {\bf T}}={\rm {\bf T}}^0\,\big( T_i^0 =\sigma_{ij} n_j^\Gamma,\) \(i,j=1,2 \big)\) on the boundary portion Γ T and by body forces p 0 in the plate domain A, where \({\rm {\bf n}}^\Gamma =\left[ {n_1^\Gamma ,n_2^\Gamma } \right]\) is the unit vector normal to the boundary Γ T and σ ij represent components of the stress tensor. The equilibrium equations can be written in the form \(\sigma_{ij,j} +p_i^0 =0, i,j=1,2\). Moreover, displacements u = u 0 are specified on the boundary portion Γ u .
The topological derivative of the functional G with respect to the elliptical hole area is defined as follows (cf. Sokołowski and Żochowski 1999)
where x is an arbitrary position in the plate domain, in which the derivative is specified, and \(A_\xi =A-B_\xi \left( {{\rm {\bf x}},\alpha } \right)\). Here, B ξ (x,α) denotes the elliptical hole with its center at point x, semi-axes ξa and ξb, and the orientation angle α between the semi-axis ξa and the axis of principal stress σ 1, Fig. 1.
The expansion parameter ξ specifies the size of the elliptical hole. The coordinate axes x 1, x 2 follow the orientations of principal stresses σ 1, σ 2 specified in the plate before introduction of hole. It is assumed that the ratio η = b/a specifying ellipse shape and the principal axes orientation angle α is fixed.
2.1 Sensitivity derivative for the displacement and strain functional with respect to expansion parameter ξ
Consider the functional in the form
where F is a function of strain vector \(\upvarepsilon =\left[ {\upvarepsilon _{11} ,\upvarepsilon_{22} ,2\upvarepsilon_{12} } \right]^{{\rm \thinspace }T}\), f and g are functions of displacements u and A ξ denotes the plate domain with the elliptical hole, whose size is defined by the parameter ξ. The integrand functions are assumed to be differentiable with respect to their arguments.
It can be demonstrated from the asymptotic analysis (cf. Gao 1996), that
where u∣ ξ = 0 and \(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon \vert _{\xi =0}\) denote the displacement and strain states for the plate with elliptic hole for ξ → 0, and u (0), \(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon ^{(0)}\) are the states for a homogeneous plate. In view of (3) there is
where
denotes a value of the functional for the homogeneous plate.
Thus, the continuity of functional (2) occurs for ξ → 0 and the derivative (1) with respect to hole area for ξ = 0 can be calculated assuming nucleation and growth of hole of fixed geometric and orientation parameters a, b, η and α.
The variational approach is applied to specify the sensitivity derivative, and the first variation of functional (2) in the hole expansion process at the material point x is expressed as follows
where \({\rm {\bf n}}=\left[ {n_1 ,{\rm \thinspace \thinspace }n_2 } \right]^T\) is the unit vector normal to the hole boundary Γ ξ , \(\delta \boldsymbol\Psi =\left[ {\delta \boldsymbol\Psi_1 ,{\rm \thinspace \thinspace }\delta \boldsymbol\Psi_2 } \right]^T\) is the hole boundary incremental transformation vector and (·) denotes the scalar product. Following the previous derivation for plates cf. Bojczuk and Mróz (2009) and the general methodology of sensitivity analysis cf. Dems and Mróz (1984), the variations of state fields can be eliminated by introducing an adjoint plate structure of the same form, as the primary plate, but with induced initial stress and body force fields, namely
and satisfying the following boundary conditions
Here \(\sigma^{a}\), u a, \(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon ^{a}\) are the state vector fields in the adjoint structure. The stress field \(\sigma^a=\left[ {\sigma_{11}^a ,\sigma_{22}^a ,\sigma_{12}^a } \right]^{{\rm \thinspace }T}\) is a following sum
where \(\boldsymbol\sigma^{ar}=\boldsymbol\sigma^a-\boldsymbol\sigma^{ai}=E\left( {\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon ^a-\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon^{ai}} \right)\) is the elastic stress field and then \(T_i^{a0} =\sigma_{ij}^{ar} n_j^\Gamma ,{\rm \thinspace \thinspace }i,j=1,2.\) Now, the equilibrium equations can be written in the form \(\sigma _{ij,j}^{ar} +p_i^{a0} =0,{\rm \thinspace \thinspace }i,j=1,2\). In view of (7) and (8) the functional variation (6) can be rewritten as follows
The virtual work equation for the adjoint structure can be written in the form
since \(\sigma ^{ar}\) satisfies the equilibrium equations and boundary conditions of the adjoint structure and u(x), \(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon \)(x) are the kinematically admissible displacement and strain fields.
The virtual work equation for the stress increment \(\delta \sigma \) of the primary structure and the kinematically admissible displacement field of the adjoint structure u a can be written as follows
Accounting for (9), (11) and (12), the following equality can be derived
In view of (13), the expression for the functional variation can be derived in terms of primary, adjoint fields and normal transformation of the hole boundary Γ ξ , namely
Introduce the local coordinate system x 10, x 20 with axes coinciding with elliptic hole semi-axes ξa and ξb, Fig. 2. The coordinates of boundary points and their increments are
The unit normal vector to the boundary Γ ξ can be expressed as follows
and the length element of the hole perimeter is
The transformation function specifying the radial boundary evolution now takes the form
and its variation is
So, in view of (16), (17) and (19), the variation of the functional G expressed by (14), can be presented in the form
The sensitivity derivative of G with respect to size parameter is
and it vanishes for ξ = 0. To express sensitivity derivative with respect to the hole area A = πξ 2 ab, the following formula is obtained using the relation (21) and the incremental form \(dA=2\pi \xi ab\;d\xi \), thus (cf. Novotny et al. 2003)
To express integrand of (22) in terms of the local stress components, introduce the coordinate system s, n by the unit tangent and normal vectors to the hole boundary, Fig. 2. Then on the boundary Γ ξ , we have
and the non-vanishing terms are \(\sigma _{ss}\) and \(\sigma_{ss}^a \). We then get
where \(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon_{ss}^a =\left( {1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 E}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} E} \right)\sigma_{ss}^a \) and E denotes Young modulus. Further, assume the function F(\(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon \)) in the form
where the matrix S is assumed as follows
and p, l, m are the selected parameters. In particular, the parameters l and m can correspond to elastic moduli λ, μ of the linear isotropic material. Referring the local stress state \(\sigma_{ss} \) \(\sigma_{nn} = \sigma_{sn}=0\) to the reference system x 10, x 20 coinciding with the principal stress axes at x for the homogeneous plate, we have
where v is the Poisson’s ratio and \(G=E \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {E {\left[ {2\left( {1+\nu } \right)} \right]}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\left[ {2\left( {1+\nu } \right)} \right]}\) denotes the Kirchhoff modulus. From the transformation formulae for the stress state on the hole boundary, we get
where φ is the angle between x 10 and s axes (Fig. 2). Now, the function F can be expressed in terms of stress component \(\sigma_{ss} \) as follows
In view of the equality
formulae (24), (29) and assuming p = 1, the sensitivity derivative can be expressed as follows
Consider now the elliptical hole in the primary plate with its major axis oriented at angle α to the principal stress \(\sigma_1 \) acting along the coordinate axis x 1, Fig. 3a. The tangential stress distribution at the hole perimeter is specified from the elastic solution for an infinite plate with an elliptic hole, subjected to biaxial loading, cf. Gao (1996) or Timoshenko and Goodier (1951), thus
where \(\sigma_1 \), \(\sigma_2 \) are the principal stresses at the point x of the domain A without the elliptical hole, the angle θ specifies the position on the perimeter with respect to the major ellipse axis, Fig. 2, and
The alternative form of (32) in terms of the shape parameter η is
It is important to notice that determination of \(\sigma_{ss} \) from the solution for an infinite plate under uniform stress state is an approximation and range of its validity was discussed by Silva et al. (2010). However, the expression (31) is still presented in general form and can be applied to cases of non-uniform stress states in structural elements.
Next, consider the adjoint structure, where the principal stress \(\sigma _1^a \) acting along the coordinate axis \(x_1^a \) is oriented at the angle β to the x 1 axis and inclined at the angle α − β to the major ellipse axis, Fig. 3b. Now, the distribution of the adjoint stress \(\sigma_{ss}^a \) on the elliptic hole boundary is expressed similarly as in the primary structure, namely
or
The integrals occurring in (31) can be presented in the form
and
Accounting for (37), (38), the topological sensitivity derivative (31) can be expressed analytically as follows
The considered here case p = 1 corresponds to the quadratic strain (or stress) integral function (25). The cases \(p \ne 1\) can be treated numerically.
2.2 Sensitivity derivative for the strain energy functional
The particular case occurs when f(u) = 0 on Γ T , g(u) in A, p 0 = 0 at the point x and the integrand function of (2) is the strain energy function (\( F \boldsymbol\upvarepsilon = U \boldsymbol\upvarepsilon \)). This case corresponds to the strain or complementary energy variations. The self-adjoint sensitivity problem now is obtained and then
The topological sensitivity derivative then equals
The diagrams of topological derivative variation of the strain energy at arbitrary point x of the infinite plate in biaxial uniform stress state, in function of shape parameters η = b/a, 1/η = a/b, for different values of stress ratio \(\zeta = \sigma _{2}/\sigma _{1}\) and orientation angle α, are presented in Fig. 4. Let us note, that in the case α = 0 and for ζ ∈(0;1\(\rangle \), topological derivative attains minimum for the shape parameter η = ζ. In the case α = π/4 the minimum always occurs for η = 1.
The topological derivative can also be expressed in terms of components \(\sigma_{11}, \sigma_{22} , \sigma _{12}\) of the stress field in the coordinates x 10, x 20 located along ellipse axes. In this case, using the stress transformation formulae, we have
2.3 Sensitivity derivative for the stress and reaction traction functional
Now, let us consider the following functional of stress state and boundary tractions on Γ u
where H(\(\boldsymbol\sigma \)) is the function of stress state \(\sigma = [ \sigma_{11}, \sigma_{22}, \sigma_{12}]^{T} \) and h(T) denotes function of reaction tractions acting on the displacement controlled boundary Γ u . From the asymptotic analysis, it is seen that
where \(\sigma \)∣ ξ = 0 and T∣ ξ = 0 denote the stress state and reactions for the plate with elliptic hole for ξ → 0, and \(\sigma \) (0), T (0) are the states for a homogeneous plate. Similarly as for the functional (2), the relation (4) holds, where in this case
The adjoint structure now can be defined as follows
where \(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon^{ai} \) are the initial strains. The field of initial strains induces the corresponding field of the total strains in the form \(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon^a=\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon^{ai}+\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon^{ar}\), where \(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon^{ar} \) is the field of the elastic strains. Now, in view of (46), the first variation of functional (43) with respect to hole expansion process at the material point x, can be expressed analogously to (6), namely
So, in view of the virtual work equation
and the complementary virtual work equation
the first variation of the functional (43) takes the form
Next, assume the function H(\(\sigma \)) in a homogeneous form of stress state of degree 2p, thus
where S is expressed by (26). Further, using the approach analogous to the analysis described by (15)–(30) and assuming p = 1, we get
Accounting for (37), (38), the topological sensitivity derivative (52) can be expressed analytically as follows
2.4 Sensitivity derivative for the stress energy functional
The particular case occurs when h(T) = 0 on Γ u , p 0 = 0 at the point x and the integrand function of (43) is the specific stress energy function, \(H(\sigma )=W\)(\(\sigma \)). In this case the self-adjoint sensitivity problem is obtained and then
The topological sensitivity derivative with respect to hole area now has the form
which is identical to (41).
3 Shape sensitivity derivative and its relation to topological derivative
In this section the sensitivity analysis with respect to shape variation and principal axes orientation of the ellipse will first be discussed. Next, it will be demonstrated that the topological derivative is obtained from the general sensitivity expression assuming hole growth at fixed hole shape and orientation. Also, the application of shape sensitivity to optimal design of cutouts will be briefly discussed.
3.1 Sensitivity analysis with respect to semi-axes lengths
At first, consider the shape variation of the elliptical hole corresponding to length variation of the semi-axis a. The shape transformation function (18) and its variation for ξ = 1 now are
The unit normal vector n to the hole perimeter is specified by (16) and the length element of boundary Γ ξ equals
The variation (14) of the functional G now takes the form
Assuming the uniform stress states in the hole vicinity of primary and adjoint plates with the principal stresses \(\sigma_1 \) ≥ \(\sigma_2 \) and \(\sigma _1^a \ge \sigma_2^a \), and the integrand function F(\(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon \)) of the form (25) to be quadratic, p = 1, the integrals of (58) can be analytically expressed after substituting stress states (34) and (36), namely
and
The variation of G specified by (58) can now be analytically expressed as follows
The self-adjoint case occurs when \(F(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon)= U(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon)\)), where U(\(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon \)) is the specific strain energy. Assuming that f(u) = 0, g(u) = 0 and the body forces p 0 = 0 in neighborhood of the elliptical hole, we have \(\sigma_{ss} =\sigma_{ss}^a \) and the functional variation or the sensitivity derivative is
It is seen that the sensitivity derivative with respect to a does not vanish for finite lengths values of ellipse semi-axes. For the specified ellipse shape, η = const, it is a linear function of the size parameter a and b.
Next, consider the shape variation of the elliptical hole corresponding to length variation of the semi-axis b. In this case, the shape transformation function (18) and its variation for ξ = 1 now are
and variation (14) of the functional G takes the form
Using the same approach and the same assumptions as in the case of variation of a, finally the variation of G specified by (64) can now be analytically expressed as follows
When the functional G represents the global strain energy and f(u) = 0, g(u) = 0, p 0 = 0 in neighborhood of the elliptical hole, the problem becomes self-adjoint and the sensitivity derivative is
3.2 Sensitivity analysis with respect to orientation of ellipse semi-axes
Consider now the case of rotation of the elliptical hole with respect to the principal stress axes, specified by the varying angle α, Fig. 1. The reference system x 1,x 2 follows the principal stress axes and the system x 10, x 20 follows the ellipse axis. Assuming ξ = 1, the hole boundary point coordinates in the local system x 10, x 20 are
and in the global system x 1, x 2 these coordinates are
The hole boundary transformation vector due to rotation is now specified as follows
and the unit normal vector and length element are
In view of (69), (70), the variation (10) of the functional is now expressed as follows
and for the quadratic function F(\(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon \)) of the form (25), p = 1, we obtain assuming the uniformly loaded plate
where A = πab. For the particular case, when F(\(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon \)) = U(\(\boldsymbol\upvarepsilon \)), and f(u) = 0, g(u) = 0, p 0 = 0 in neighborhood of the elliptical hole, the self-adjoint problem occurs. Then, we have
3.3 Shape sensitivity analysis for constant hole area
Consider the shape variation of the elliptical hole by assuming constant area A = πab = const. For varying lengths of semi-axes a and b the area constraint provides the relation
Then, the analyzed shape sensitivity derivative takes the form
and, in view of (61) and (65), it can be expressed as follows
For the particular case, when the functional G represents the global strain energy and f(u) = 0, g(u) = 0, p 0 = 0 in neighborhood of the elliptical hole, the problem becomes self-adjoint and the shape sensitivity is
3.4 Topological derivative as the size sensitivity analysis problem
Consider the problem of determination of the topological derivative with respect to introduction of the infinitesimally small elliptic hole. We have the size growth relations
where a (mod), b (mod) are the semi-axes lengths controlled by the expansion parameter ξ. The topological derivative can be calculated as the derivative with respect to the expansion parameter ξ for ξ = 0. Thus, in view of (22), we have
Taking into account, that \(\partial G\)/\(\partial a^{(\rm mod)}\), \(\partial G\)/\(\partial b^{(\rm mod)}\) are specified by (61) and (65), and
the topological derivative is finally expressed by the same formula, namely by (39), as previously.
3.5 Optimization of shape and orientation of elliptical holes
Consider a general optimization problem defined as follows
where G(p i ) is the objective functional (2), C(p i ) denotes the global cost and C 0 is the upper bound on the global cost. Introducing the Lagrangian functional
the stationary conditions are
where λ is the Lagrange multiplier and p i , i = 1,2,...n are the design parameters. The sensitivity derivatives \(\partial G\)/\(\partial p_{i}\) are specified by the formulae derived in the paper, where the size parameter ξ, shape parameters a and b, or orientation parameter α are to be determined. The cost derivatives \(\partial C\)/\(\partial p_{i}\) can easily be derived for the assumed cost function expressed in terms of design parameters. The optimal values of the parameters p i and the multiplier λ are determined in the incremental process of gradient optimization.
3.6 Optimal determination of shape and orientation of elliptical hole of constant area
Consider a simple problem when the plate is subjected to the uniform remote principal stresses \(\sigma _{1}\), \(\sigma _{2}\) \((\vert \sigma _{1}\vert \ge \vert \sigma _{2}\vert )\), following the x 1,x 2 coordinate axes, Fig. 5a. The optimal design problem is aimed to specify lengths of semi-axes a, b, and orientation angle α of the hole assuming its area A 0 = πab to be fixed. The optimization problem is to maximize global plate stiffness expressed by the potential energy Π, or to minimize global compliance measured by the strain energy, thus
Using the sensitivity derivatives (77) and (73), the stationary conditions can easily be stated in the form
For η \(\ne \) 1 and \(\sigma\) \(_{1}\ne\) \(\sigma_2 \) the optimal orientation of ellipse axes is α = 0 or α = π/2. The maximal stiffness design is obtained by setting
and the maximal compliance design corresponds to the parameters
The optimal designs are shown in Fig. 5b, c. It is seen that the optimal orientation of the ellipse corresponds to coaxiality of ellipse and principal stress axes.
3.7 Localization of maximal stresses and crack orientation
In order to find location of crack initiation on the boundary of the elliptic hole, the maximal stress criterion can be used. The distribution of the stresses on the rim of the hole is expressed by (34). Position of the maximal stress \(\sigma _{ss}\) determined by the angle θ (Fig. 2) in function of stress ratio \(\sigma _{2}/\sigma _{1}\) for selected values of the shape parameter η and for the orientation angles α = π/6, α = π/4, α = π/3, α = − π/4 is presented respectively in Fig. 6a, b, c, d.
Let us note that in order to specify position of a point on the ellipse boundary, instead of the angle θ also angles β and γ can be used (Fig. 2), where the relations between these angles are as follows
and γ specifies the orientation of crack growth in normal direction to the hole perimeter.
3.8 Transition to singular case: sensitivity analysis for plane crack
Consider now the case of a plane crack of length 2a in a uniformly loaded infinite plate, inclined at the angle α to the major tensile stress \(\sigma_1 \) of the primary state (Fig. 7) and at the angle α–β to the major stress \(\sigma _1^a \) of the adjoint state.
The crack can be treated as the limiting case of the elliptical hole by setting b = 0, 1/η = ∞ in the derived formulae. The sensitivity derivative with respect to the hole area is now infinite but the derivative with respect to length of ellipse semi-axis is finite and depends linearly on the crack length 2a. Consider first the self-adjoint case for which the sensitivity derivative of the strain plate energy U = U(u,a), or the potential plate energy Π = Π(u,a), is specified. From (62) for b = 0, 1/η = ∞ it follows that
For α = 0 the crack is oriented along the \(\sigma_1 \)- axis and then we have
Similarly, for α = π/4 and \(\sigma _{1} = -\sigma _{2} = \sigma _{12}\), the plane crack is subjected to shear stress and there is
Here K I and K II denote the stress intensity factors of tension and shear modes specifying the singular asymptotic stress fields at the crack tip expressed in the local polar coordinate system (r,θ), so
Referring the stress field to the coordinate axes x 10, x 20 coaxial and normal to the crack, Fig. 7b, in view of the stress transformation formulae, the sensitivity derivative (89) takes the form well familiar in fracture mechanics (cf. Miannay 1998), thus
and it expresses the release of potential energy due to crack growth.
In the general case of an arbitrary functional G, its sensitivity in view of (61), assuming f(u) = 0, p 0 = 0, is expressed as follows
Referring to the coordinate system x 10, x 20 the sensitivity expression (94) can be presented in the form
where \(K_I^a \), \(K_{II}^a \) are the stress intensity factors associated with the adjoint stress state. The sensitivity derivatives (93) and (95) are linearly related to the crack length 2a and vanish for a = 0. The Griffith crack generation governed by the critical value of the potential energy release therefore cannot occur. However, the crack generation of finite length can be assumed as physically admissible.
Consider, for instance a plane crack in a wide plate under uniaxial tension, Fig. 8. The presence of crack induces the release of potential energy ΔΠ l and growth of surface or dissipated energy ΔΠ s thus the total energy variation is
where γ is the specific surface energy per unit crack length (cf. Bojczuk and Mróz 2007). The critical crack length is specified from the condition
Let us note that for a > a c there is unstable crack growth at constant stress with associated decrease of the total energy. The other length is obtained from the constant energy transformation ΔΠ = 0 providing the crack length
The finite topology transformation then occurs along the path OB, Fig. 8b.
The concept of finite topology variation was discussed by Bojczuk and Mróz (2003, 2009) and applied in optimal design of discrete supports in beam structures and of plate structures.
Let us also note that the transition from an ellipse to a crack cannot be always conducted within the regular perturbation theory, as it was shown by Il’in and Gadyl’shin (2001).
4 Concluding remarks
The expression of topological derivative with respect to the area of an infinitesimally small elliptical hole and the expressions of sensitivity derivatives with respect to shape and orientation of finite elliptical holes have been derived in the explicit forms in the paper. It was demonstrated that the topological derivative can be obtained from the shape sensitivity analysis with respect to variation of the ellipse axes lengths. It varies with the orientation of the ellipse axes, with respect to the principal stress axes and also with the shape ratio η = b/a. For η = 0 or η = ∞, that is for a limiting case of plane crack the topological derivative under biaxial stress becomes infinite but the sensitivity derivative with respect to the crack length is a linear function of length. For arbitrary stress or displacement functionals the topological derivative is expressed in terms of primary and adjoint stress or strain fields of a uniform plate.
The analysis presented can be generalized to the case of sensitivity with respect to introduced spherical or ellipsoidal cavities and inclusions of differing materials. The analytical expression of the topological derivative in these cases would certainly improve the optimal design methodology of structures and composite materials.
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Bojczuk, D., Mróz, Z. Topological sensitivity derivative with respect to area, shape and orientation of an elliptic hole in a plate. Struct Multidisc Optim 45, 153–169 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-011-0710-3
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