Crack opening displacement for two unequal straight cracks with coalesced plastic zones – A modified Dugdale model

The problem investigated is of an infinite plate weakened by two collinear unequal hairline straight quasi-static cracks. Uniform constant tension is applied at infinity in a direction perpendicular to the rims of the cracks. Consequently the rims of the cracks open in Mode I type deformation. The tension at infinity is increased to the limit such that the plastic zones developed at the two adjacent interior tips of cracks get coalesced. To arrest the crack from further opening normal cohesive variable stress distribution is applied on the rims of the plastic zones. Closed form analytic expressions are obtained for load bearing capacity and crack opening displacement (COD). An illustrative case is discussed to study the behavior of load bearing capacity and crack opening displacement with respect to affecting parameters viz. crack length, plastic zone length and inter crack distance between the two cracks. Results obtained are reported graphically and analyzed.     

Crack-tip-opening displacement for four symmetrically situated cracks with coalesced interior yield zones

Crack-tip opening displacements are obtained for four collinear straight cracks, weakening an unbounded homogeneous and isotropic elastic-perfectly plastic plate. The cracks are so configured that two symmetrically situated and interiorly lying cracks are of equal-lengths. Other two exteriorly lying, collinear straight cracks (surrounding the interiorly lying straight cracks) are of mutually equal-lengths. Thus an exterior and an interior crack-set are symmetrically oriented with respect to the other interior–exterior collinear cracks-set configuration. Uniform constant load prescribed at remote boundary of the plate, opens the crack in self-similar fashion developing a strip-yield zone ahead each tip of the cracks. It is assumed that the strip-yield zone developed at each of interior tips of an exteriorly and interiorly lying crack-set configuration gets coalesced. The developed yield zones are subjected to normal cohesive yield stress to arrest the crack from further opening. The solution of the problem is obtained by superposing the solutions of the two auxiliary problems, appropriately derived from the given problem. Each of the auxiliary problems, in turn, is solved using complex variable technique. Expressions are derived for quantities of interest viz. crack-tip opening displacement (CTOD), length of each developed yield zone. The effect of applied load and closing load on the parameters CTOD and strip yield zone affecting the crack arrest is presented graphically and concluded.     

偏心裂纹板在裂纹面受两对反平面点力的弹塑性解析解

采用线场分析方法对理想弹塑性材料偏心裂纹板在裂纹面受两对反平面点力的情形进行弹塑性分析,分析不受小范围屈服条件的限制,求得了裂纹线附近应力场和位移场的弹塑性解析解、裂纹线上的塑性区长度随外荷载的变化规律及有限宽板具有偏心裂纹的承载力.     

有限宽板在裂纹面受两对反平面集中力时裂纹线场的弹塑性分析

本文采用线场分析方法对理想弹塑性材料有限宽板中心裂纹在裂纹面上受两对反平面集中力的情形进行弹塑性分析，求得了裂纹线附近的弹塑性解析解、裂纹线上的塑性区长度随外荷载的变化规律及有限宽板具有中心裂纹的承载力·本文的分析不受小范围屈服假设的限制，并且不附加其他假设条件，其结果在裂纹线附近足够精确·     

Crack Arrest Model for a Plate Weakened by Internal and External Cracks - a Modified Dugdale Approach

A modified Dugdale model solution is obtained for an elastic-perfectly-plastic plate weakened by one internal and two external straight collinear hairline cracks. The tension applied to the infinite boundary of the plate opens the rims of cracks with forming a plastic zone ahead of each tip of the internal crack and also at each finitely distant tip of the two external cracks. The developed plastic zones are closed by normal cohesive linearly varying yield-point stress distributions applied to their rims. The problem is solved using the complex-variable technique. A case study is carried out to find the load required to prevent the cracks from further growing with respect to affecting parameters. The results obtained are reported graphically and analyzed.     

Arrest of Opening of Two Circular-Arc Cracks with Coalesced Plastic Zones

The closure of plastic zones developed ahead of the tips of two unequal hairline arc cracks in an unbounded elastic-perfectly plastic plate is studied. The cracks lie along the circumference of one and the same circle. The rims of the cracks are opened in mode I type deformation by biaxial tension applied at infinity, and consequently plastic zones develop ahead of the tips of the cracks. The tension is increased to such an extent that the plastic zones of both cracks, lying adjacent to each other, are coalesced. To prevent the cracks from further opening, the rim of the plastic zone is subjected to a uniform, constant compressive yield-point stress. The problem is solved using the complex variable technique and the principle of superimposition of the stress intensity factors. The Dugdale hypothesis is used to determined the length of the plastic zones developed. The behavior of each of the parameters, viz. the length of the plastic zone, the crack length, and the intercrack distance effecting the crack closure, is investigated and reported graphically.     

Biaxial tension of a homogeneous isotropic plate with two equal coaxial cracks with regard for plastic zones near their tips

We investigate the problem of determination of the stress-strain state of an isotropic plate with two equal cracks at a set homogeneous field of forces at infinity. It is assumed that the lips of the cracks are free of load and that, near their tips, plastic zones are formed. Using Kolosov–Muskhelishvili complex potentials, we seek a solution of the problem in the class of functions bounded at the tips of the cracks and reduce it to problems of linear conjugation. Relations for the determination of the values of plastic zones and crack tip opening displacements are obtained. We perform a numerical analysis of the problem and construct graphs of dependences of the lengths of plastic zones and crack tip opening displacements on the distance between the centers of the cracks.     

Influence of initial stresses on fracture of composite materials containing interacting cracks

Considered in this study are the axially-symmetric problems of fracture of composite materials with interacting cracks, which are subjected to initial (residual) stresses acting along the cracks planes. An analytical approach within the framework of three-dimensional linearized mechanics of solids is used. Two geometric schemes of cracks location are studied: a circular crack is located parallel to the surface of a semi-infinite composite with initial stresses, and two parallel co-axial penny-shaped cracks are contained in an infinite composite material with initial stresses. The cracks are assumed to be under a normal or a radial shear load. Analysis involves reducing the problems to systems of second-kind Fredholm integral equations, where the solutions are identified with harmonic potential functions. Representations of the stress intensity factors near the cracks edges are obtained. These stress intensity factors are influenced by the initial stresses. The presence of the free boundary and the interaction between cracks has a significant effect on the stress intensity factors as well. The parameters of fracture for two types of composites (a laminar composite made of aluminum/boron/silicate glass with epoxy-maleic resin and a carbon/plastic composite with stochastic reinforcement by short ellipsoidal carbon fibers) are analyzed numerically. The dependence of the stress intensity factors on the initial stresses, physical-mechanical parameters of the composites, and the geometric parameters of the problem are investigated.     

Interfacial fracture of layered magnetoelectroelastic materials

A problem for an interface crack located in a layered magnetoelectroelastic material strip of semi-infinite length is solved. A closed-form solution is obtained for anti-plane mechanical and in-plane electric and magnetic fields. Explicit expressions for stresses and electric and magnetic fields, together with their intensity factors and the energy release rate, are obtained. The extreme cases of impermeable and permeable cracks are discussed. Using the basic solution for a single crack, solutions for two collinear interface cracks in an infinitely long layered magnetoelectroelastic medium, an interface crack in an infinitely long layered magnetoelectroelastic medium, and an edge crack at the interface of a semi-infinitely long layered magnetoelectroelastic medium are also obtained. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 145–164, March–April, 2008.     

The problem of an interface crack with a rigid patch plate on part of its edge

A mixed boundary-value problem is solved for a piecewise-homogeneous elastic body with a rectilinear semi-infinite crack on the line where the materials are joined. A rigid patch plate (a reinforcing plate) of specified shape is attached to the upper edge of the crack on a finite interval adjacent to the crack tip. The edges of the crack are loaded with specified stresses. The body is stretched at infinity by a specified longitudinal stress. External forces with a given principal vector and moment act on the patch plate. The problem reduces to a Riemann-Hilbert boundary-value matrix problem with a piecewise-constant coefficient, the solution of which is explicitly constructed using a Gaussian hypergeometric function. The angle of rotation of the patch plate and the complex potentials describing the stress state of the body are found and the stress state of the body close to the ends of the patch plate, one of which is also simultaneously the crack tip, is investigated. Numerical examples are presented that illustrate the effect of the initial force parameters, the length of the patch plate and other parameters of the body on the angle of rotation of the patch plate and the stress state of the body.     

有限高狭长压电体中共线双半无限裂纹问题的解析解

通过引入合适的保角变换,利用复变函数法,分析了部分裂纹面上受反平面剪应力和面内电载荷共同作用下有限高狭长压电体中含共线双半无限裂纹问题,导出了电不可通边界条件下两个裂纹尖端场强度因子和机械应变能释放率的解析解．当不考虑电场作用时,所得解可退化到经典弹性材料的情况．而当两裂纹尖端的距离趋于无穷大时,也可退化为狭长压电体中半无限裂纹问题的解．最后,通过数值算例,讨论了受载长度、狭长体高度、机电载荷对机械应变能释放率的影响规律以及两个裂纹之间的相互作用．结果表明,两裂纹尖端的距离越短,材料越容易破坏;且机电载荷对左尖端裂纹的扩展影响更为显著．     

A novel size independent symplectic analytical singular element for inclined crack terminating at bimaterial interface

Cracks often exist in composite structures, especially at the interface of two different materials. These cracks can significantly affect the load bearing capacity of the structure and lead to premature failure of the structure. In this paper, a novel element for modeling the singular stress state around the inclined interface crack which terminates at the interface is developed. This new singular element is derived based on the explicit form of the high order eigen solution which is, for the first time, determined by using a symplectic approach. The developed singular element is then applied in finite element analysis and the stress intensity factors (SIFs) for a number of crack configurations are derived. It has been concluded that composites with complex geometric configurations of inclined interface cracks can be accurately simulated by the developed method, according to comparison of the results against benchmarks. It has been found that the stiffness matrix of the proposed singular element is independent of the element size and the SIFs of the crack can be solved directly without any post-processing.     

Multiple crack fatigue growth modeling by displacement discontinuity method with crack-tip elements

This paper presents a numerical approach for modeling multiple crack fatigue growth in a plane elastic infinite plate. It involves a generation of Bueckner’s principle, a displacement discontinuity method with crack-tip elements (a boundary element method) proposed recently by the author and an extension of Paris’ law to a multiple crack problem under mixed-mode loading. Because of an intrinsic feature of the boundary element method, a general multiple crack growth problem can be solved in a single-region formulation. In the numerical simulation, for each increment of crack extension, remeshing of existing boundaries is not necessary. Crack extension is conveniently modeled by adding new boundary elements on the incremental crack extension to the previous crack boundaries. Fatigue growth modeling of an inclined crack in an infinite plate under biaxial cyclic loads is taken into account to illustrate the effectiveness of the present numerical approach. As an example, the present numerical approach is used to study the fatigue growth of three parallel cracks with same length under uniaxial cyclic load. Many numerical results are given.     

弹性半空间地基上四边自由矩形板稳态振动的解析解

采用双重Fourier变换,分析得到弹性半空间地基受竖向稳态荷载作用下的积分变换解．与四边自由矩形板的振动解析解相结合,得出弹性半空间地基上四边自由矩形板稳态振动的解析解．还给出算例及参数影响分析．     

各向异性介质中周期性界面裂纹的弹塑性问题

应用富里叶积分变换方法将裂纹边值问题化为对偶积分方程组,再用定积分变换法将问题进一步化为奇异积分方程组,求得了双材料各向异性弹塑性介质中周期性界面裂纹反平面问题的封闭形式解,并作为特例讨论了各向同性双材料问题、各向异性单一材料问题及各向同性—各向异性双材料问题.结果表明:裂纹尖端前沿的塑性区尺寸、裂纹的张开位移(COD)均决定于两种材料流动极限中的较小者及裂纹的长度和相邻两裂纹的间距,此外,COD还与材料模量有关.     

Probabilistic modeling and simulation of multiple surface crack propagation and coalescence

In the low cycle fatigue (LCF) regime, fatigue failure of metallic materials with high strength and less impurities generally dominates by multiple surface crack propagation and coalescence, in which its final failure shows a stochastic nature on crack initiation, propagation and coalescence under cyclic loadings. According to this, the competing failure modes of multiple surface cracks and interior cracks are studied through coupling numerical simulations with fracture mechanics methods. In particular, a probabilistic procedure for modeling multiple surface crack propagation and coalescence is established by incorporating Monte Carlo simulation with experimental evidences, including surface crack density and crack length distributions measured from LCF replica tests of 30NiCrMoV12 steel. In addition, it calculates the probability of coalescence of neighboring cracks with allowance for their interactions and local plastic deformation at the crack tips. Finally, it estimates the remaining usage lives of specimens from initial state to critical cracks by propagation and coalescence of dispersed cracks.     

平面弹性裂纹分析的一种有效边界元方法

提出了一种简单而有效的平面弹性裂纹应力强度因子的边界元计算方法．该方法由Crouch与Starfield建立的常位移不连续单元和闫相桥最近提出的裂尖位移不连续单元构成A·D2在该边界元方法的实施过程中,左、右裂尖位移不连续单元分别置于裂纹的左、右裂尖处,而常位移不连续单元则分布于除了裂尖位移不连续单元占据的位置之外的整个裂纹面及其它边界．算例(如单向拉伸无限大板中心裂纹、单向拉伸无限大板中圆孔与裂纹的作用)说明平面弹性裂纹应力强度因子的边界元计算方法是非常有效的．此外,还对双轴载荷作用下有限大板中方孔分支裂纹进行了分析．这一数值结果说明平面弹性裂纹应力强度因子的边界元计算方法对有限体中复杂裂纹的有效性,可以揭示双轴载荷及裂纹体几何对应力强度因子的影响．     

A boundary element analysis for stress intensity factors of multiple circular arc cracks in a plane elasticity plate

In this paper, a numerical approach for analyzing interacting multiple cracks in infinite linear elastic media is presented. By extending Bueckner’s principle suited for a crack to a general system containing multiple interacting cracks, the original problem is divided into a homogeneous problem (the one without cracks) subjected to remote loads and a multiple crack problem in an unloaded body with applied tractions on the crack surfaces. Thus, the results in terms of the stress intensity factors (SIFs) can be obtained by considering the latter problem, which is analyzed easily by means of the displacement discontinuity method with crack-tip elements proposed recently by the author. Test examples are given to illustrate that the numerical approach is very accurate for analyzing interacting multiple cracks in an infinite linear elastic media under remote uniform stresses. In addition, the displacement discontinuity method with crack-tip elements is used to analyze a multiple crack problem in a finite plate. It is found that the boundary element method is also very accurate for investigating interacting multiple cracks in a finite plate. Specially, a generalization of Bueckner’s principle and the displacement discontinuity method with crack-tip elements are used to analyze multiple circular arc crack problems in infinite plate in tension (including: Two Collinear Circular Arc Cracks, Three Collinear Circular Arc Cracks, Two Parallel Circular Arc Cracks, Three Parallel Circular Arc Cracks and Two Circular Arc Cracks) in a plane elasticity plate. Many results are given.     

Stretching of an Elastoplastic Plate with an Arbitrarily Oriented Crack

The problem of determination of the crack resistance of an elastoplastic plate, weakened by a rectilinear slit in the form of a cut, under the conditions of uniaxial stretching is considered. The material of the body is assumed to be incompressible, reinforcing, and obeying the Mises condition of plasticity. The straining theory of plasticity is used. The solutions are obtained in the elastic and plastic regions in the form of asymptotic expansions in the neighborhood of the end of the crack. Based on the conditions that the crack borders are unloaded and the elastic and plastic solutions are conjugate on the contour of the plastic region, unknown constants of integration are found. The two-leafed contours of the plastic region are obtained. The critical load is determined.     

Influence of Multiple Micro Cracks on the Damage Behavior of a Macro-Crack Tip北大核心CSCD

The solution of an infinite plane containing a macro crack and a cluster of micro cracks under uniaxial tensile load was presented based on Muskhelishvili’s complex function method and the stepwise recursive method. The stress field and stress intensity factor K were obtained. Combined with the damage mechanics, damage parameter D of the macro-crack tip and the micro-crack tip under uniaxial tension was redefined, and the influence of different damage zone forms on the damage of the crack tip was analyzed. The results show that, both the chain-distribution and the reverse-chain-distribution micro cracks have an amplifying effect on the macro crack growth, and the damage parameter increases with the decrease of the inclination angle of the micro crack and the reduction of the distance between the macro crack and the micro cracks. For a relatively small inclination angle of the micro crack, the damage parameters of the macro crack and the micro crack heightens, and the damage parameter of the macro crack increases with the micro-crack length. For evenly distributed micro cracks in the continuous damage zone, the micro cracks have an amplifying effect on the macro-crack growth, and the damage parameter of the macro crack increases with the micro-crack number. © 2022 Editorial Office of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. All rights reserved.