A new technique for viewing deformation zones at crack tips |
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Authors: | D Hoeppner V Danford D E Pettit |
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Institution: | 1. Lock-heed-California Co., 91503, Burbank, Calif.
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Abstract: | A new technique has been developed to examine and view the deformation zone that occurs at a crack tip during loading. The technique, referred to as the “image-distortion technique”, is based on the optical distortion that results on a highly polished surface ahead of a crack when it is strained. The “image distortion” is a direct result of the thickness change occurring at the crack tip. While the technique was developed using monotonic loading, it is believed that it also will be applicable to cyclic-loading crack-tip studies. Additional studies are underway that will yield strain fields at the crack tip from the observed images of the deformation zones. |
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