Frictional interface crack-tip singular stress field in anisotropic

This study presents the asymptotic displacement and stress fields at the crack tip of frictional interface where slip can occur along the interface between two anisotropic composite laminates. The results show that real values corresponding to the order of stress singularities may exit at the crack tip of the frictional interface between two anisotropic layers. The order of stress singularity largely depends on the coefficient of friction within the interface and the material properties of anisotropic composite laminates such as fibre orientations

Control of spiral waves and turbulent states in a cardiac model by travelling-wave perturbations

We propose a travelling-wave perturbation method to control the spatiotemporal dynamics in a cardiac model. It is numerically demonstrated that the method can successfully suppress the wave instability (alternans in action potential duration) in the one-dimensional case and convert spiral waves and turbulent states to the normal travelling wave states in the two-dimensional case. An experimental scheme is suggested which may provide a new design for a cardiac defibrillator.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure