Rectangular tensile sheet with a center notch root crack

This paper deals with the rectangular tensile sheet with a center notch crack. Such a crack problem is called a center notch crack problem for short. By using a hybrid displacement discontinuity method (a boundary element method) proposed recently by Yan, two center notch models are analyzed in detail. By changing the geometrical forms and parameters of the center notch, and by comparing the SIFs of the center notch crack problem with those of the center cracked plate tension specimen (CCT), which is a model frequently used in fracture mechanics, the effect of the geometrical forms and parameters of the center notch on the stress intensity factors (SIFs) of the center cracked plate tension specimen, is revealed. Some geometric characterestic parameters are introduced here, which are used to formulate the notch length and the branch crack length, which are to be determined in mechanical machining of the center cracked plate tension specimen. So we can say that the geometric characterestic parameters and the formulae used to determine the notch length and the branch crack length presented in this paper perhaps have some guidance role for mechanical machining of the center cracked plate tension specimen. In addition, the numerical investigation proves that the conventional angular notched specimen is much less sensitive to the size of notch than is the circular notched specimen.     

Stress Wave Field Near a Notched Boundary in Anisotropic Plates under Impulsive Loading

The stress distribution near a rectilinear boundary and a boundary with a notch of different depths in an anisotropic plate is analyzed. The plate boundary is under the action of a surface or embedded impulsive source. The results presented have been obtained using the dynamic photoelastic method for optically sensitive orthotropic plates. The results for orthotropic and isotropic plates with different ratios of notch depth to wavelength are analyzed     

The concentration of stress and strain in finite thickness elastic plate containing a circular hole

The elastic stress and strain fields of finite thickness large plate containing a hole are systematically investigated using 3D finite element method. It is found that the stress and strain concentration factors of the finite thickness plate are different even if the plate is in elasticity state except at notch root of plate surface. The maximum stress and strain do not always occur on the mid plane of plate. They occur on the mid plane only in thin plate. The maximum stress and strain concentration factors are not on mid plane and the locations of maximum stress and strain concentration factors are different in thick plate. The maximum stress and strain concentration factors of notch root increase from their plane stress value to their peak values, then decrease gradually with increasing thickness and tend to each constant related to Poisson’s ratio of plate, respectively. The stress and strain concentration factors at notch root of plate surface are the same and are the monotonic descent functions of thickness. Their values decrease rapidly and tend to each constant related to Poisson’s ratio with plate thickness increasing. The difference between maximum and surface value of stress concentration factor is a monotonic ascent function of thickness. The thicker the plate is or the larger the Poisson’s ratio is, the larger the difference is. The corresponding difference of strain concentration factor is similar to the one of stress concentration factor. But the difference magnitude of stress concentration factor is larger than that of strain concentration factor in same plate.     

Deformation of an elastic plate with an edge notch under the action of a plane shock wave: experimental research

The dynamics of a thin elastic plate with an edge notch under the action of a weak shock wave in air is experimentally studied. It is shown that the notch has a significant effect on the deformation process     

The expression of stress and strain at the tip of notch in reissner plate

In this paper, the eigenequation of notch in Reissner plate is derived by the eigenfunction method. Eigenvalues of different notches with different angles are calculated by Muller iteration method.The expression of stress and strain at the tip of notch in Reissner plate is obtained.     

Numerical simulation of loading edge cracks by edge impact using the extended finite element method

The extended finite element method is used to analyze a plate with two parallel edge cracks impacted by a cylindrical projectile. The influence of the impact speed, crack length,plate thickness and notch tip radius on the crack initiation and propagation is studied. Dynamics equations are solved by an implicit time integration scheme which is unconditionally stable. Very good agreement is achieved between numerical predictions and experimental results. The critical velocity of the crack initiation under different conditions is examined. The influence of the crack length is greater than that of the impact speed, plate thickness and notch tip radius.     

Analysis of crack extension in anisotropic materials based on local normal stress

The normal stress ratio theory is applied to predict crack extension behavior in center-notched unidirectional graphite-epoxy of arbitrary fiber axis orientation, subjected to arbitrary far-field planar loading. The theory is applied within analytical solutions for two infinite plate geometries: a plate with a sharp center crack, and a plate with an elliptical center flaw. A critical analytical case is identified suggesting that application of the theory within a stress solution modelling crack tip shape may increase the accuracy of crack growth direction predictions. Crack extension direction, location of crack extension, and critical stress predictions of the theory are compared to those obtained from experiments on specimens subjected to tensile, shear, and mixed-mode far-field loading. The comparison shows that, applied within each analytical solution, the normal stress ratio theory provides verifiable predictions of crack growth behavior. By modelling actual notch tip shape, the elliptical notch solution is able to provide accurate qualitative predictions of the origin of crack extension along the periphery of a cut notch tip in a way that the sharp crack analysis cannot. The sharp notch solution appears to provide slightly more accurate crack growth direction predictions, however. Also, in predicting critical applied far-field stresses, the sharp crack solution appears to exhibit a stronger ability to model subtle experimental trends.     

The Coupled Thermomechanical State of a Notched Viscoelastic Rectangular Plate Under Harmonic Loading

The thermomechanical state of a notched viscoelastic rectangular plate under cyclic planar bending is analyzed within the framework of a coupled thermoviscoelastic problem. It is shown that under sufficiently intensive loading a zone of melted polymer forms near the notch and moves deep into the body, which may cause thermal fatigue failure of the polymer.     

Analysis of failure modes in an impact loaded thermoviscoplastic prenotched plate

Kalthoff observed experimentally that the failure mode in a prenotched maraging steel plate impact loaded on the notched side changes from brittle to ductile with an increase in the impact speed. Here we numerically investigate the effect on the failure mode transition speed of the shape of the notch-tip and the presence of a hole ahead of a circular notch-tip. The shape of the notch-tip is varied by changing the ratio, a/b, of the principal axes of an elliptic notch. For a circular notch-tip, we also investigate the effect, on the failure mode transition speed, of the presence of a circular void ahead of the notch-tip and situated either on or away from the axis of the notch. The Bodner–Partom thermoviscoplastic relation is used to model the strain hardening, strain-rate hardening and thermal softening response of the material of the plate. The transient plane strain thermomechanical deformations of the plate are analyzed by the finite element method. It is found that for a/b=2.0 and 10.0, the brittle failure preceded the ductile failure for the six impact speeds studied herein, and for a/b=0.4 and 1.0, the failure mode transitioned from the brittle to the ductile with an increase in the impact speed. The presence of a circular void ahead of the circular notch-tip shifts towards the axis of the notch the point on the the notch-tip surface where a shear band initiates.     

垂直于界面V型缺口尖端的应力奇异性及其应用

基于双材料垂直于界面V型缺口理论,给出了单一材料和双材料裂纹问题、V型缺口问题应力强度因子的统一定义,得到了应力外推法计算双材料K_I的公式,数值算例验证了本文方法的有效性.以双材料单向拉伸和三点弯曲模型为对象,深入研究了双材料中弹性模量、泊松比、缺口深度、缺口张角对缺口尖端奇异应力场的影响,获得了一定范围内各种参数变化对缺口尖端奇异应力场的影响规律,为异体材料形成的V型缺口在应力断料中的应用提供了必要的参考依据.     

Stress state in the vicinity of an inclined elliptical defect and stress intensity factors for biaxial loading of a plate

The problem of determining the stress state of a plate with an inclined elliptical notch under biaxial loading is considered. The Kolosov-Muskhelishvili method is used to obtain an expression for the stress near the vertex of an inclined ellipse, whose particular case are expressions for the stress in the case of an inclined crack. The stress intensity factors K _I and K _II were determined experimentally by holographic interferometry in the case of extension of a plate with an inclined crack-like defect. The calculation results are compared with experimental data. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 118–127, January–February, 2009.     

中厚扁壳断裂问题的特征根及特征函数

证明了含任意切口、任意切口边界的多材料中厚扁壳问题的特征根等于相应的平面切口问题和平板弯曲切口问题两部分的特征根组合。进而证明了中厚扁壳切口问题的特征根等于相应反平面切口问题和平面切口问题的组合。中厚扁壳切口问题的特征根及其对应的0级特征函数均可直接按相应的两类基本问题（反平面切口问题和平面切口问题）进行求解。     

The effect of notches on the fracture behavior in NiTi shape memory alloys

Tensile fracture experiments have been performed on double-notch plate form specimens with different notch types and sizes. Specimen without notch is also studied. The macro-mechanical responses as well as detail examination of the fracture surface have been carried out. The stress, plastic strain and phase transformation fields are analyzed by finite element (FE) simulations using a pseudoelastic constitutive model which considers the permanent plastic deformation. Experimental results show that different type of notches can influence not only the macro-mechanic pseudoelastic but also plastic behaviors of the specimens. Both notch type and notch size affect the mechanism of crack initiation. Notch size influences the specimen behavior in different way for different type of notches. Most of the experimental observations are interpreted properly by the FE results.     

Single-beam shearing Moiré interferometry for measuring slope and curvature of bent plates

The single-beam shearing interferometry with high-frequency phase-type blazed grating for measuring the slope and curvature contour fringes of bending plates is presented. As it is characterized by excellent fringe contrast, high sensitivity and extensive range, this method is effective for plate bending problems. Two examples of application to the clamped circular bent plate and the rectangular bent plate with edge notch are given.     

Modeling of fatigue crack growth from a notch

When a fatigue crack is nucleated and propagates into the vicinity of the notch, the crack growth rate is generally higher than that can be expected by using the stress intensity factor concept. The current study attempted to describe the crack growth at notches quantitatively with a detailed consideration of the cyclic plasticity of the material. An elastic–plastic finite element analysis was conducted to obtain the stress and strain histories of the notched component. A single multiaxial fatigue criterion was used to determine the crack initiation from the notch and the subsequent crack growth. Round compact specimens made of 1070 steel were subjected to Mode I cyclic loading with different R-ratios at room temperature. The approach developed was able to quantitatively capture the crack growth behavior near the notch. When the R-ratio was positive, the crack growth near a notch was mainly influenced by the plasticity created by the notch and the resulted fatigue damage during crack initiation. When the R-ratio was negative, the contact of the cracked surfaces during a part of a loading cycle reduced the cyclic plasticity of the material near the crack tip. The combined effect of notch plasticity and possible contact of cracked surface were responsible for the observed crack growth phenomenon near a notch.     

Prediction and observation of crack tip microstructure in shape memory CuAlNi single crystals

The formation of martensite at a notch tip in a CuAlNi shape memory alloy loaded in tension is studied. The geometry of the initial martensite plate to form at the notch is predicted theoretically, using the stress field at a crack tip in an anisotropic linearly elastic body together with a listing of all possible austenite-martensite interfaces from the Crystallographic Theory of Martensite (CTM). The stress field and CTM analyses are combined through a selection criterion based on computing the work available from the stress field to transform to each austenite-martensite interface. The resulting predictions are compared to experimentally observed microstructures in notched specimens of single crystal CuAlNi loaded in tension for eight notch orientations. Results show that the available work criterion accurately predicts the orientation, number and order of the austenite-martensite interfaces that initially form near a crack.     

单光束错位云纹干涉法测板的斜率和曲率

本文提出一种用高密度位相型闪耀光栅测取板的曲率和斜率的单光束错位云纹干涉法,由于这一方法具有高灵敏度。大量程和高反差的优点。可有效地用来求解板的弯曲问题。文中还给出了周边固定圆板和带缺口的方板两个应用实例。     

断裂问题特征根的重根探讨

利用特征矩阵的秩与特征根所对应的子特征函数空间维数之间的关系。确定了反平面断裂问题和平面断裂问题的特征根可能出现的最大重根数．利用Reissner型板特征根与反平面和平面断裂问题特征根的关系确定其可能出现的最大重根数．得到了反平面断裂问题、平面断裂问题和Reissner板断裂问题可能出现的最大重根数分别为1,2,3．     

The dynamic behaviour of sharp V-notches under impact loading

The dynamic behaviour of sharp V-notches which are either symmetric or oblique to the longitudinal boundary of a homogeneous elastic and isotropic strip subjected to an impact plane pulse was studied by the method of caustics. The stress pulse impinging on the flanks of the notch reflects and diffracts in different ways depending on the geometry of the notch relative to the coming pulse. For compressive stress pulses a stress concentration at the bottom of the notch does not create a crack propagation phenomenon, whereas for tensile pulses there is a possibility for an incubation, nucleation and eventual propagation of a crack. A complete experimental study of the incubation nucleation and propagation of cracks from the bottoms of notches in thin strips under tensile stress pulses was undertaken, whereas for compressive stress pulses the stress concentration at the bottom of the notch was evaluated. Interesting results were disclosed concerning the reinforcement of pulses by reflection and caging in, the evolution of stress concentration at the notch and the mode of crack propagation inside the plate. Dynamic stress intensity factors were evaluated all over the paths of crack propagation indicating a close intimacy between crack velocity and values of SIFs.     

Q235钢缺口试样拉压低循环疲劳的实验研究

以Q235钢制U型缺口板试样为研究对象,用有限元方法计算其缺口根部等效应变幅对应的试样标距段位移,以此控制试验机进行拉压循环疲劳试验。然后用局部应力应变法对试验测得的寿命结果进行分析。结果表明：无论用有限元还是修正Neuber公式计算缺口根部的应力应变,局部应力应变法的疲劳寿命评估只适用于缺口半径较大的试样;对缺口半径较小试样的估计寿命明显低于实测值,且有限元法比修正Neuber法更保守。进而又对试样缺口区域应变梯度的影响进行了探讨：参照有限元计算的应变梯度,利用Taylor模型估算了缺口根部的屈服应力和流动应力;在此基础上重新计算应变分布并估计试样的疲劳寿命,结果证实考虑应变梯度影响可改善缺口试样的疲劳寿命估计。