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Simulation of stage I-crack growth using a hybrid boundary element technique

✍ Scribed by M. Kübbeler; I. Roth; U. Krupp; C.-P. Fritzen; H.-J. Christ

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
550 KB
Volume
78
Category
Article
ISSN
0013-7944

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✦ Synopsis

Short fatigue crack propagation often determines the service life of cyclically loaded components and is highly influenced by microstructural features such as grain boundaries. A two-dimensional model to simulate the growth of these stage I-cracks is presented. Cracks are discretised by displacement discontinuity boundary elements and the direct boundary element method is used to mesh the grain boundaries. A superposition procedure couples these different boundary element methods to employ them in one model. Varying elastic properties of the grains are considered and their influence on short crack propagation is studied. A change in crack tip slide displacement determining short crack propagation is observed as well as an influence on the crack path.

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