Closure to “Discussion of ‘Finite Element Solutions of Crack-Tip Behavior in Small Scale Yielding’” (1977, ASME J. Eng. Mater. Technol., 99, pp. 186–187)

1977 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Tracey
1991 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Y. He ◽  
R. M. McMeeking ◽  
Ning T. Zhang

ABSTRACTBy using the elastic singular field as a prescribed loading condition, small scale yielding solutions are obtained for a crack normal to the interface between a brittle and a ductile material. Results for both a crack in the brittle material and one in the ductile material are obtained by finite element analysis. The crack tip fields obtained by the finite element analysis are compared with the asymptotic solutions. It is found that near the tip the stress fields approach the asymptotic solutions. If the crack is in the brittle material, the high triaxial stresses are developed near the interface ahead of the crack tip.


1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Tracey

The subject considered is the stress and deformation fields in a cracked elastic-plastic power law hardening material under plane strain tensile loading. An incremental plasticity finite element formulation is developed for accurate analysis of the complete field problem including the extensively deformed near tip region, the elastic-plastic region, and the remote elastic region. The formulation has general applicability and was used to solve the small scale yielding problem for a set of material hardening exponents. Distributions of stress, strain, and crack opening displacement at the crack tip and through the elastic-plastic zone are presented as a function of the elastic stress intensity factor and material properties.


1982 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 754-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Theocaris ◽  
C. I. Razem

The KIII-stress intensity factor in an edge-cracked plate submitted to antiplane shear may be evaluated by the reflected caustic created around the crack tip, provided that a purely elastic behavior exists at the crack tip [1]. For a work-hardening, elastic-plastic material, when stresses at the vicinity of the crack tip exceed the yield limit of the material, the new shape of caustic differs substantially from the corresponding shape of the elastic solution. In this paper the shape and size of the caustics created at the tip of the crack, when small-scale yielding is established in the vicinity of the crack tip, were studied, based on a closed-form solution introduced by Rice [2]. The plastic stress intensity factor may be evaluated from the dimensions of the plastic caustic. Experimental evidence with cracked plates made of opaque materials, like steel, corroborated the results of the theory.


2013 ◽  
Vol 275-277 ◽  
pp. 242-246
Author(s):  
Bhimsen Karadin ◽  
Nilesh Satonkar ◽  
Sunil Bhat

Stress intensity factor (K) is the measure of severity of stress at the crack tip. When K exceeds the critical limit (i.e., the material fracture toughness), the crack grows. K is valid in brittle materials (LEFM) and to some extent in ductile materials also provided there is small scale yielding (SSY) at the crack tip. The paper reviews the numerical methodology to obtain KI of ductile, Mode I cracked, CT and SENB test specimens in LEFM and SSY regimes with the help of J integral method. The numerical values are successfully compared with the theoretical values.


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