scholarly journals Estimation of Mode I Fracture of U-Notched Polycarbonate Specimens Using the Equivalent Material Concept and Strain Energy Density

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3370
Author(s):  
Jafar Albinmousa ◽  
Jihad AlSadah ◽  
Muhammad A. Hawwa ◽  
Hussain M. Al-Qahtani
Keyword(s):  
Energy Density ◽  
Strain Energy Density ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Fracture Load ◽  
Image Correlation ◽  
Equivalent Material ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
Notched Specimens ◽  
Equivalent Material Concept ◽  
Material Concept

Polycarbonate (PC) has a wide range of applications in the electronic, transportation, and biomedical industries. In addition, investigation on the applicability to use PC in superstrate photovoltaic modules is ongoing research. In this paper, PC is envisioned to be used as a material for structural components in renewable energy systems. Usually, structural components have geometrical irregularities, i.e., notches, and are subjected to severe mechanical loading. Therefore, the structural integrity of these components shall consider fracture analysis on notched specimens. In this paper, rectangular PC specimens were machined with straight U-notches having different radii and depths. Eight different notch radii with a depth of 6.0 mm were tested. In addition, three notch depths with a radius of 3.5 mm were considered. Quasi-static fracture tests were performed under displacement-controlled loading with a speed of 5 mm/min. Digital image correlation technique was used to capture the strain fields for un-notched and notched specimens. It was assumed that fracture occurs at the onset of necking. The equivalent material concept (EMC) along with the strain energy density criterion (SED) were employed to estimate the fracture load. The EMC-SED combination is shown to be an effective and practical tool for estimating the fracture load of U-notched PC specimens.

scholarly journals Using the Equivalent Material Concept and the Average Strain Energy Density to Analyse the Fracture Behaviour of Structural Materials

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Cicero ◽  
Juan Diego Fuentes ◽  
Ali Reza Torabi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Density ◽  
Strain Energy Density ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Equivalent Material ◽  
Nonlinear Behaviour ◽  
Average Strain ◽  
Nonlinear Materials ◽  
Linear Elastic ◽  
Equivalent Material Concept ◽  
Material Concept

This paper provides a complete overview of the applicability of the Equivalent Material Concept in conjunction with the Average Strain Energy Density criterion, to provide predictions of fracture loads in structural materials containing U-notches. The Average Strain Density Criterion (ASED) has a linear-elastic nature, so in principle, it does not provide satisfactory predictions of fracture loads in those materials with nonlinear behaviour. However, the Equivalent Material Concept (EMC) is able to transform a physically nonlinear material into an equivalent linear-elastic one and, therefore, the combination of the ASED criterion with the EMC (EMC–ASED criterion) should provide good predictions of fracture loads in physically nonlinear materials. The EMC–ASED criterion is here applied to different types of materials (polymers, composites and metals) with different grades of nonlinearity, showing the accuracy of the corresponding fracture load predictions and revealing qualitatively the limitations of the methodology. It is shown how the EMC–ASED criterion provides good predictions of fracture loads in nonlinear materials as long as the nonlinear behaviour is mainly limited to the tensile behaviour, and how the accuracy decreases when the nonlinear behaviour is extended to the material behaviour in the presence of defects.

Application of the Strain Energy Density Criterion to the Estimation of Fracture Loads in Structural Steel S355J2 at Lower Shelf Temperatures

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Cicero ◽  
Francisco Ibáñez ◽  
Isabela Procopio ◽  
Virginia Madrazo
Keyword(s):  
Energy Density ◽  
Structural Steel ◽  
Strain Energy Density ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Input Parameter ◽  
Fracture Load ◽  
Notched Specimens ◽  
Fracture Tests ◽  
Material Fracture ◽  
Cracked Specimens

This paper presents the application of the Strain Energy Density (SED) criterion to the estimation of fracture loads on structural steel S355J2 operating at lower shelf temperatures (−196°C) and containing U-shaped notches. 24 fracture tests were performed on this material, combining 6 different notch radii: 0 mm (crack-like defect), 0.15 mm, 0.25 mm, 0.50 mm, 1.0 mm and 2.0 mm. The results obtained in cracked specimens (0 mm notch radius) were used to determine the material fracture toughness, which is an input parameter in the SED criterion, whereas the notched specimens were used to demonstrate the capacity and the limitations of the SED criterion to provide fracture load estimations in the analyzed conditions.

Elastic–plastic damage prediction in notched epoxy resin specimens under mixed mode I/II loading using two virtual linear elastic failure criteria

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 1100-1116
Author(s):  
AS Rahimi ◽  
MR Ayatollahi ◽  
AR Torabi
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Mode ◽  
Mode I ◽  
Equivalent Material ◽  
Mean Stress ◽  
Stress Criterion ◽  
Elastic Plastic ◽  
Notched Specimens ◽  
Plastic Damage ◽  
Equivalent Material Concept ◽  
Material Concept

Elastic–plastic damage of a ductile epoxy resin is investigated for the first time in the configuration of semicircular bend specimen weakened by U-shaped notches under mixed mode I/II loading conditions. U-notched specimens are prepared from the characterized epoxy material with different notch rotation angles and notch tip radii. Load-carrying capacities of the U-notched specimens are experimentally obtained by performing fracture tests under various combinations of mode I and mode II loading. The reformulated Equivalent Material Concept is employed for the polymeric material in conjunction with the maximum tangential stress and mean stress criteria to provide the theoretical predictions without any necessity for elastic–plastic analyses of their damage. Scanning electron microscopy micrographs are also taken from the fracture surfaces and utilized for realizing the micromechanical processes of damage in the tested specimens. A very good consistency is found between the experimental results and the predictions of the combined Equivalent Material Concept-maximum tangential stress criterion, as well as those of the Equivalent Material Concept-mean stress criterion.

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