scholarly journals The Part-Through Surface Crack in an Elastic Plate

1972 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Rice ◽  
N. Levy
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Plane Strain ◽  
Surface Crack ◽  
Unit Length ◽  
Mathematical Formulation ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Bending Loads

An elastic analysis is presented for the tensile stretching and bending of a plate containing a surface crack penetrating part-through the thickness, Fig. 1. The treatment is approximate, in that the two-dimensional generalized plane stress and Kirchhoff-Poisson plate bending theories are employed, with the part-through cracked section represented as a continuous line spring. The spring has both stretching and bending resistance, its compliance coefficients being chosen to match those of an edge cracked strip in plane strain. The mathematical formulation reduces finally to two-coupled integral equations for the thickness averaged force and moment per unit length along the cracked section. These are solved numerically for the case of a semi-elliptical part-through crack, with results compared to a simple but approximate closed-form solution. Extensive results are given for the stress intensity factor at the midpoint of the part-through crack for both remote tensile and bending loads on the plate. These results indicate that the stress-intensity factor is substantially lower, in general, than for a similarly loaded strip in plane strain with a crack of the same depth.

An Closed Form Solution for Antiplane Problem of Doubly Periodic Non-Uniform Cracks

2006 ◽  
Vol 324-325 ◽  
pp. 311-314
Author(s):  
Yao Ling Xu ◽  
Wen Feng Tan
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Closed Form ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Mapping Technique ◽  
Inhomogeneous Materials ◽  
Antiplane Problem ◽  
Microstructure Parameters

Inhomogeneous materials with doubly periodic non-uniform cracks under antiplane shear is dealt with. By using conformal mapping technique and elliptic function theory, the stress field and stress intensity factor at the tip of each crack are derived in closed form. Numerical examples show the influences of some microstructure parameters of crack distribution on stress intensity factor.

Fracture behavior of periodically bonded interface of piezoelectric bi-material under compressive–shear loading

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 3216-3230 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Kozinov ◽  
A Sheveleva ◽  
V Loboda
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Fracture Behavior ◽  
Compressive Loading ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Shear Loading ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Applied Loading

A closed-form solution is constructed for a bi-material consisting of two piezoelectric (or piezoelectric and dielectric) half-planes, which are periodically bonded along the interface and can partially contact along the initially unbonded parts. Under compressive loading, the size of the frictionless contact zone is usually quite large; in some cases the interface is completely closed. Such a situation is frequently observed in industrial applications. Since the periodic bonding of two different materials is extremely widespread, it is very important to study the influence of the mutual material properties of the composite and the applied loading on the size and shape of the opened regions, as well as the stress intensity factor at the bonding points. To formulate the problem, the electromechanical factors are presented through piecewise analytic functions, so that the problem in question is reduced to the combined periodic Dirichlet–Riemann problem, which is solved exactly. The obtained solution provides explicit formulas for the mechanical stresses and displacements along the interface and allows one to find the dependence of the contact zones and the stress intensity factor on the ratio of the bonded parts of the interface to the period for the different values of applied loading and materials.

Estimation of Stress Intensity Factor for Circumferential Through-Wall Cracked Elbows Subjected to In-Plane Bending

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han-Bum Surh ◽  
Jong Wook Kim ◽  
Min Kyu Kim ◽  
Min-Gu Won ◽  
Moon Ki Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Plane Bending ◽  
Geometric Variables

The stress intensity factor (SIF) is the major fracture mechanics parameter in LEFM concept. Since the SIF can be used for not only calculation of J-integral based on the GE/EPRI and reference stress method but also evaluation of fatigue crack growth, an accurate estimation of the SIF is an important issue for the piping in nuclear power plant. Recently, there is a need to develop the SIF solution which can cover wide geometric variables since there are on-going efforts that are developing next generation reactors in Korea, which is designed to thin-walled structures. For the through-wall cracked straight pipes, many researchers have proposed the SIF solutions which can cover wide range of wall thickness. However, since only limited solutions have been proposed yet for the through-wall cracked elbows, a research related to the SIF estimation for the elbows with wide geometric variables should be performed. In this study, the extended SIF solution for circumferential through-wall cracked elbows subjected to in-plane bending is proposed as the tabulated form through the finite element (FE) analyses. Wide elbow geometries are selected to range between 5 and 50 of Rm/t and range between 2∼20 of Rb/Rm. The existing solutions are then reviewed by comparing with the FE results. Furthermore, effects of geometric variables on the SIF are addressed through systematic investigation of FE based SIF results. These investigated results are expected to contribute to the development of closed form solution for the circumferential through-wall cracked elbows subjected to in-plane bending.

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