A mode II crack in a two-dimensional octagonal quasicrystals

The present study develops the fracture theory for a two-dimensional octagonal quasicrystals. The exact analytic solution of a Mode II Griffith crack in the material was obtained by using the Fourier transform and dual integral equations theory, then the displacement and stress fields, stress intensity factor and strain energy release rate were determined, the physical sense of the results relative to phason and the difference between mechanical behaviors of the crack problem in crystal and quasicrystal were figured out. These provide important information for studying the deformation and fracture of the new solid phase.