Crack tip plasticity of a half-infinite Dugdale crack embedded in an infinite space of one-dimensional hexagonal quasicrystal

Abstract The present paper is devoted to determining the crack tip plasticity of a half-infinite Dugdale crack embedded in an infinite space of one-dimensional hexagonal quasicrystal. A pair of equal but opposite line loadings is assumed to be exerted on the upper and lower crack lips. By applying the Dugdale hypothesis together with the elastic results for a half-infinite crack, the extent of the plastic zone in the crack front is estimated. The normal stress outside the enlarged crack and crack surface displacements are explicitly presented, via the principle of superposition. The validity of the present solutions is discussed analytically by examining the overall equilibrium of the half-space.