Static three-dimensional stress intensity factors of a semi-infinite plane crack are investigated in this paper. The deformations are caused by a pair of normal and tangential point forces acting on the crack faces but located away from the crack front. Cases of symmetric and anti-symmetric loadings
Stress-intensity factors for a semi-infinite plane crack with a wavy front
โ Scribed by K. P. Meade; L. M. Keer
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 521 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0374-3535
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โฆ Synopsis
The stress-intensity factors for a semi-infinite plane crack with a wavy front are determined when the crack faces are subjected to normal and shearing tractions. The results are derived using asymptotic methods and are valid to O(e 2) where E = A/X ~ 1; A is the amplitude and ~ is the wavelength of the wavy front. The normal and shearing tractions are in the form of line loads "parallel" to the crack front.
The results are then used to evaluate, in a qualitative manner, the growth characteristics of a semi-infinite plane crack with a wavy front under combined mode loading. This provides a possible explanation of crack front segmentation observed experimentally.
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