Numerical Assessments of Cracks in Elastic-Plastic Materials

✍ Scribed by Dr.-Ing. habil. Huang Yuan (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 317
• Series: Lecture Notes in Applied and Mechanics 4
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this book a systematic discussion of crack problems in elastic-plastic materials is presented. The state of the art in fracture mechanics research and assessment of cracks is documented with the help of analytic, asymptotic methods as well as finite element computations. After a brief introduction to fracture mechanics the two-parameter concept for stationary cracks is studied as well as the issues in three-dimensional crack fields under coupling with strong out-of-plane effects. Cracks along interfaces are treated as well as crack growth problems under mixed mode conditions. A systematic study of stress singularities for different notches is accompanied by detailed finite element computations.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Cracks under stationary conditions....Pages 5-82
Cracks under thermal-mechanical loading conditions....Pages 83-122
Interface cracks....Pages 123-222
Mixed mode crack propagation....Pages 223-261
Assessment of apex-V notches....Pages 263-300
Back Matter....Pages 301-311

✦ Subjects

Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials;Structural Mechanics;Mechanics;Computational Intelligence