| Abstract: | In recent years, some investigators discussed the applicability of the HRR theory for engineering materials based on the results
of numerical analyses and experimental studies. In the present paper, the finite element method is employed to analyze the
crack tip fields of the engineering elastic-plastic material with a variety of geometry configurations of cracked specimens
from elastic state to intensely general yielded state in the plane strain case. The results indicate that the HRR theory loses
its validity of application for engineering elastic-plastic materials in the plane strain case. The reasons for this are analyzed.
A dual-parameter fracture criterion is suggested for this case. |
