Elementary engineering fracture mechanicsWhen asked to start teaching a course on engineering fracture mechanics, I realized that a concise textbook, giving a general oversight of the field, did not exist. The explanation is undoubtedly that the subject is still in a stage of early development, and that the methodologies have still a very limited applicability. It is not possible to give rules for general application of fracture mechanics concepts. Yet our comprehension of cracking and fracture beha viour of materials and structures is steadily increasing. Further developments may be expected in the not too distant future, enabling useful prediction of fracture safety and fracture characteristics on the basis of advanced fracture mechanics procedures. The user of such advanced procedures m\lst have a general understanding of the elementary concepts, which are provided by this volume. Emphasis was placed on the practical application of fracture mechanics, but it was aimed to treat the subject in a way that may interest both metallurgists and engineers. For the latter, some general knowledge of fracture mechanisms and fracture criteria is indispensable for an apprecia tion of the limita tions of fracture mechanics. Therefore a general discussion is provided on fracture mechanisms, fracture criteria, and other metal lurgical aspects, without going into much detail. Numerous references are provided to enable a more detailed study of these subjects which are still in a stage of speculative treatment. |
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... Plane stress versus plane strain 101 4.5 Plastic constraint factor 105 4.6 The thickness effect ར རྀ ྣ ཌ་ྲཎྜ 94 96 107 Chapter 5 The energy principle 115 5.1 The energy release rate 115 5.2 The criterion for crack growth 119 5.3 The ...
... Plane stress versus plane strain 101 4.5 Plastic constraint factor 105 4.6 The thickness effect ར རྀ ྣ ཌ་ྲཎྜ 94 96 107 Chapter 5 The energy principle 115 5.1 The energy release rate 115 5.2 The criterion for crack growth 119 5.3 The ...
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... Plane strain fracture toughness 7.1 The standard test 7.2 Size requirements 7.3 Non - linearity 7.4 Applicability 170 170 174 177 181 Chapter 8 Plane stress and transitional behaviour 8.1 Introduction 185 185 8.2 An engineering concept of ...
... Plane strain fracture toughness 7.1 The standard test 7.2 Size requirements 7.3 Non - linearity 7.4 Applicability 170 170 174 177 181 Chapter 8 Plane stress and transitional behaviour 8.1 Introduction 185 185 8.2 An engineering concept of ...
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... plane of the crack . In - plane shear results in mode II or " sliding mode ... stress infinity . As discussed in chapters 3 and 13 there are several ways to ... strain ) . Ꮓ ( Note that a is the semi - crack length ) . ( 1.1 ) As should ...
... plane of the crack . In - plane shear results in mode II or " sliding mode ... stress infinity . As discussed in chapters 3 and 13 there are several ways to ... strain ) . Ꮓ ( Note that a is the semi - crack length ) . ( 1.1 ) As should ...
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... stress field will still be the same . If the two cracks have equal plastic zones and the same stresses acting at the ... plane strain . This occurs when the plate has a large enough thickness ( chapters 4 , 7 ) . If deforma- tions in the ...
... stress field will still be the same . If the two cracks have equal plastic zones and the same stresses acting at the ... plane strain . This occurs when the plate has a large enough thickness ( chapters 4 , 7 ) . If deforma- tions in the ...
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D. Broek. tions in the thickness direction can take place freely ( plane stress situation ) the critical stress ... strain fracture toughness " . Materials with low fracture toughness can tolerate only small cracks . Typical values of the ...
D. Broek. tions in the thickness direction can take place freely ( plane stress situation ) the critical stress ... strain fracture toughness " . Materials with low fracture toughness can tolerate only small cracks . Typical values of the ...
Contents
23 | |
The elastic cracktip stress field | 67 |
Chapter 4 | 91 |
67 | 99 |
Dynamics and crack arrest | 142 |
Plane strain fracture toughness | 170 |
Chapter 8 | 185 |
Elasticplastic fracture | 219 |
Failsafety and damage tolerance | 317 |
Chapter 13 | 328 |
Chapter 5 | 331 |
Chapter 14 | 347 |
Fracture of structures | 377 |
Stiffened sheet structures | 408 |
Chapter 17 | 434 |
Author index | 455 |
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