Determination of the Critical Value of the J-Integral at High Loading Rates Using the Wedge-Loaded Specimen

1985 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 441 ◽  
Author(s):  
AS Kleinberg ◽  
B Grugan ◽  
K Greene ◽  
B Benzing ◽  
JR Schroeder ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Uwe Mayer

To determine fracture mechanics values at high loading rates from force and displacement signals requires the influences of inertia and the propagation of elastic waves to be taken into account. This paper shows how measurement technique requirements can be fulfilled for determination of key values for a testing time below 100μs for 1T C(T) specimens. Results using this method are given for specimens of 22 NiMoCr 3 7 steel (A 508 C1.2) from a project on correlation between dynamic crack initiation and crack arrest.


2010 ◽  
Vol 101 (8) ◽  
pp. 2700-2705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianwei Chen ◽  
Ping Zheng ◽  
Yi Yu ◽  
Chongjian Tang ◽  
Qaisar Mahmood
Keyword(s):  

2012 ◽  
Vol 591-593 ◽  
pp. 745-749
Author(s):  
Bo Han ◽  
Yu Tao Ju ◽  
Chang Sheng Zhou

The fracture toughness of HTPB propellant has a significant rate effect. In order to establish a fracture criterion considering rate effect for HTPB propellant, experiments were conducted at different loading rates. Two kinds of specimens were used to get the fracture properties. Stress intensity factor and J-integral were obtained by the single edge notched tension specimen test. A power law cohesive zone model was obtained by the experiment based inverse method. Through comparing we found that the stress intensity factor and J-integral cannot model the rate effect in fracture process. The cohesive zone model (CZM) has a constant critical separation distance at different loading rates and has a capability to model the rate effect during the crack initiation and propagation process. A finite element simulation in ABAQUS was given to demonstrate its capability to model the crack propagation.


1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 207-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. Cromar ◽  
N. J. Martin ◽  
N. Christofi ◽  
P. A. Read ◽  
H. J. Fallowfield

Two High-Rate Algal Ponds were operated over residence times of 4 and 6 days respectively, at three COD loading rates equivalent to 600, 350 and 100 kg ha−1d−1 from early September to late October 1991. Samples of pond N and P feed were analysed to obtain nutrient input values to the system. Pond filtrates were also analysed for soluble nutrients. The pond biomass was separated into constituent components of algae and bacteria. Following separation, the discrete fractions were analysed for dry matter, chlorophyll content, and paniculate carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and phosphorus. Nitrogen and phosphorus balances were then calculated which were used to partition the nutrients into soluble and paniculate phases, and to further separate the paniculate phase into algal and bacterial components. The partitioning of these nutrients, responsible for eutrophication, enables the calculation of removal rates of N and P from the pond systems and makes possible more effective strategies for the removal of the nutrient-rich biomass from receiving water bodies.


1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 359-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
L van den Berg ◽  
K J Kennedy

Cheese whey and a dilute waste from a cheese factory with a Chemical Oxygen Demand of 66,000 and 4,000 mg (COD)/L respectively, were treated at high loading rates in 0.7 to 1.2 L downflow anaerobic stationary fixed film reactors and an upflow sludge bed reactor. In downflow stationary fixed film reactors treating cheese whey, COD removal efficiencies of 97% were achieved at a loading rate of 5 kg COD/m3/day and 92% at a maximum loading rate of 22 kg COD/m3/day. With dairy plant waste, loading rates of up to 15 kg COD/m3/day were possible with COD removal efficiencies averaging 75%, decreasing slightly with increasing loading rates. In an upflow sludge bed reactor the COD removal efficiency of dairy plant waste, decreased from 87% at 5 kg COD/m3/day to 73% at 15 kg COD/m3/day. A stationary fixed film reactor treating a skim milk powder waste (4,000 ppm) could only be operated at up to 10 kg COD/m3/day with a treatment efficiency of 72%. Methane was produced from all wastes at rates corresponding to 0.32 m3 CH4 (0°C, 1 atm) per kg COD removed. Results show that stationary fixed film reactors are capable of treating dairy wastes at high loading rates and high COD removal efficiencies.


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