Your paper is very interesting. You also mentioned investigations using
fracture mechanics. Generalized fracture concepts include
also some terms of diffusion effects. (J-Integral, concepts of generalized
J , e.g. Miyamoto,Kikuchi or Atluri et al). Will it be possible to use stress-assisted
diffusion and related generalized fracture criteria near
surfaces and nterfaces to describe also your problems?
Bernd Michel
Chapter Mechanism of Moisture Diffusion, Hygroscopic Swelling, and A...