relation: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1923/ title: Influence of the intermediate material on the singular stress field in tri-material junctions creator: Carpinteri, Alberto creator: Paggi, Marco subject: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery description: According to the mathematical formalism of the eigenfunction expansion method, the problem of stress-singularities arising from multi-material junctions is addressed. The wedges are composed of isotropic homogeneous materials and are in a condition of plane stress or strain. The order of the stress-singularity is provided for tri-material junctions, paying special attention to the role played by Mode-I and Mode-II deformation. The effect of cracks inside either the softer or the stiffer material is also investigated. Numerical results can be profitably used for establishing optimum material configurations. publisher: Gruppo Italiano Frattura date: 2004 type: Book Section type: PeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1923/1/IGF17p702_Paggi.pdf identifier: Carpinteri, Alberto and Paggi, Marco Influence of the intermediate material on the singular stress field in tri-material junctions. In: Atti del 17° Convegno Nazionale del Gruppo Italiano Frattura (IGF). Gruppo Italiano Frattura, pp. 263-268. ISBN 8890108096 (2004)