(1) University of Washington, 98195 Seattle, WA, USA;(2) Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 98195-2600 Seattle, WA, USA;(3) University of California Irvine, 5252 California Avenue, Suite 140, 92612, CA, USA
Abstract:
TheTε* integral was calculated on the surface of single edge notched, three-point bend (SE(B)) specimens using experimentally obtained displacements. Comparison was made withTε* calculated with the measured surface displacements andTε* calculated at several points through the thickness of a finite element (FE) model of the SE(B) specimen. Good comparison was found between the surfaceTε* calculated from displacements extracted from the FE model and the surfaceTε* calculated from experimentally obtained displacements. The computedTε* integral was also observed to decrease as the crack front was traversed from the surface to the mid-plane of the specimen. Mid-planeTε* values tend to be approximately 10% of the surface values.