Long wavelength impact of izod fracture specimens: An experimental/numerical investigation

Elastic wave propagation fields for a stationary crack in an Izod fracture specimen have been investigated. Moiré interferometry was used to obtain the asymptotic cracktip displacement fields under Hopkinson bar loading at sampling rates on the order of 100 kHz. Mixed-mode stress-intensity factors as a function of time were extracted from the displacement data using local asymptotic extrapolation. Two-dimensional continuum finite elements were employed and agreement was found between actual experiment and two-dimensional computation.