The boundary perturbation method combined with the superposition principle is used to calculate the stress concentration along the arbitrary curved interface of an isotropic thin film coherently bonded to a substrate. In the case of plane strain conditions, the boundary value problem is formulated for a four-phase system involving two-dimensional constitutive equations for bulk materials and one-dimensional equations of Gurtin–Murdoch model for surface and interface. Static boundary conditions are formulated in the form of generalized Young–Laplace equations. Kinematic boundary conditions describe the continuous of displacements across the surface and interphase regions. Using Goursat–Kolosov complex potentials, the system of boundary equations is reduced to a system of the integral equations via first-order boundary perturbation method. Finally, the solution of boundary value problem is obtained in terms of Fourier series. The numerical analysis is then carried out using the practically important properties of ultra-thin-film materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1863-1871
Number of pages9
JournalContinuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Volume31
Issue number6
Early online date3 May 2019
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2019

    Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

    Research areas

  • Boundary perturbation method, Interface roughness, Stress concentration, Thin film

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