简介:AnewmechanicsmodelbasedonPeierlsconceptispresentedinthispaper,whichcanclearlycharacterizetheintrinsicfeaturesnearatipofaninterfacialcrack.Thestressanddisplacementfieldsarecalculatedundergeneralcombinedten-sileandshearloadings.Theneartipstressfieldsshowsomeoscillatorybehaviorsbutwithoutanysingularityandthecrackfacesopencompletelywithoutanyoverlappingwhenremotetensileloadingiscomparablewithremoteshearloading.Afracturecriterionforpredictinginterfacetoughnesshasbeenalsoproposed,whichtakesintoaccountfortheshieldingeffectsofemitteddislocations.Thetheoreticaltoughnesscurvegivesexcellentprediction,ascomparedwiththeexistingexperimentdata.