It is shown that many dynamic effects in fracture can be usefully modelled using lumped mass-spring models of the fracturing specimens, since many effects are not a consequence of stress waves but of the dynamic behaviour of the specimen and loading system. When the energy release rate, G, is calcul
The effect of damping on the spring-mass dynamic fracture model
โ Scribed by J. G. Williams; M. N. M. Badi
- Book ID
- 104622841
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 484 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-2673
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โฆ Synopsis
A recent paper has analysed high speed crack growth using a lumped mass-spring model which includes the effect of the contact stiffness. It was shown that the energy release rate G could be computed for this dynamic situation by using the kinetic energy of the mass. The model has been particularly successful in describing dynamic effects in the Charpy impact test. This paper extends the model by including damping in parallel with the specimen stiffness which is a reasonable representation ofa visco-elastic material. It is shown that G can be greatly influenced by even a small amount of damping if short time fracture is involved. The method is based on the energy rate balance approach pioneered by MLW.
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