Finite Element Analysis of Brittle Cracking due to Single Grit Rotating Scratch

2003 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Subhash ◽  
W. Zhang

Finite element analysis of single grit rotating scratch on brittle materials was conducted using an “elastic-plastic-cracking” (EPC) model. The brittle material removal mechanism was modeled based on a critical crack-opening displacement criterion. It was found that the tangential and normal force profiles as well as the damage morphology observed in scratch experiments were fully captured by the EPC model. The results revealed that the induced damage zone size increases linearly with a brittleness parameter EY/σf21/3 as well as the maximum depth of cut.

2006 ◽  
Vol 324-325 ◽  
pp. 295-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeon Chang Choi

An elastic-plastic finite element analysis (FEA) is performed to examine the opening behavior of fatigue crack, where the contact elements are used in the mesh of the crack tip area. The relationship between fatigue crack opening behavior and cyclic crack tip opening displacement was studied in the previous study. In this paper, we investigate the effect of the element size when predict fatigue crack opening behavior using the cyclic crack tip opening displacement obtained from FEA. The cyclic crack tip opening displacement is well related to fatigue crack opening behavior.


1987 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 846-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Narasimhan ◽  
A. J. Rosakis ◽  
J. F. Hall

A detailed finite element analysis is performed to model quasi-static crack growth under plane stress, small-scale yielding conditions in elastic-plastic materials characterized by isotropic power law hardening and the Huber-Von Mises yield surface. A nodal release procedure is used to simulate crack extension. Results pertaining to the influence of hardening on the extent of active yielding and the near-tip stress and deformation fields are presented. Clear evidence of an elastic unloading wake following the active plastic zone is found, but no secondary (plastic) reloading along the crack flank is numerically observed for any level of hardening. A ductile crack growth criterion based on the attainment of a critical crack opening displacement at a small microstructural distance behind the tip, is employed to investigate the nature of the J resistance curves under plane stress. In addition, the same criterion is employed to investigate the influence of hardening on the potential for stable crack growth under plane stress. It is found that predictions based on a perfectly plastic model may be unconservative in this respect, which is qualitatively similar to the conclusions reached in antiplane shear and Mode I plane strain.


2010 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 157-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tin Gyi Zhang ◽  
Yuan Bao Leng ◽  
Dan Ying Gao

Based on the principle of electrical measurement method, the clip gauge was made to measure the crack opening displacement (COD).Through the three-point bending test on the specimens of steel fiber reinforced high strength concrete (SFHSC), the effect of the fiber volume fraction (ρf) upon the critical crack opening displacement (the critical crack tip opening displacement and the critical crack mouth opening displacement) was studied. The result shows that the effect of ρf on mouth-tip ratio (the ratio of critical crack mouth opening displacement to critical crack tip opening displacement) can reflect its effect upon the critical crack opening displacement. According to the geometrical relationship between the initial crack length and the critical crack opening displacement,calculation method for the initial crack length was proposed. Based on the test result, the formula was established for calculating the critical crack tip opening displacement.


2007 ◽  
Vol 345-346 ◽  
pp. 1453-1456
Author(s):  
Byoung Ho Choi ◽  
Dong Ho Joo ◽  
Sam Hong Song

The fatigue characteristic of triple spot welded SPCC plates with the variation of the thickness and the geometry under tensile-shear loading is studied by finite element analysis (FEA) and the obtained data is compared with experimental data. Using 3-D solid element model and 3-D beam-shell model, the maximum equivalent stress and the beam deformation angle (BDA) for various thickness and geometry is studied. The linear relation between crack opening angle (COA) from experiment and the BDA from FEA for beam-shell model is represented, and the empirical prediction of fatigue lifetime is proposed using the relation between COA and BDA.


2008 ◽  
Vol 392-394 ◽  
pp. 980-984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Sha ◽  
Hui Tang ◽  
Jia Zhen Zhang

In this paper, a detailed elastic-plastic finite element analysis of the effect of the compressive loading on crack tip plasticity is studied based on the material’s kinematic hardening model. Five centre-cracked panel specimens with different crack lengths are analyzed. The analysis shows that in a tension-compression loading the maximum spread of the crack tip reverse plastic zone increases with the increase of the compressive stress and the near crack tip opening displacement decreases with the increase of the compressive stress at the same nominal stress intensity factor. The applied compressive stress is the main factor controlling the near crack tip parameters.


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