Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Front Shape for a Specimen with Finite Thickness

Two-dimensional elastic or elasto-plastic models dominate the current fatigue crack growth assessment and life prediction procedures for plate components with through-the-thickness cracks. However, as demonstrated in many theoretical and experimental papers, the stress field near the crack tip is al...

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Main Authors: He Zhuang, Kotousov Andrei, Branco Ricardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2015-01-01
Series:MATEC Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20152801004
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spelling doaj-b93409e348a548f8b5fd7734f0aae4b02021-02-02T03:02:28ZengEDP SciencesMATEC Web of Conferences2261-236X2015-01-01280100410.1051/matecconf/20152801004matecconf_icame2015_01004Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Front Shape for a Specimen with Finite ThicknessHe ZhuangKotousov AndreiBranco RicardoTwo-dimensional elastic or elasto-plastic models dominate the current fatigue crack growth assessment and life prediction procedures for plate components with through-the-thickness cracks. However, as demonstrated in many theoretical and experimental papers, the stress field near the crack tip is always three-dimensional and the fatigue crack front is not straight. In this paper, we develop a simplified approach for the evaluation of the front shapes of through-the-thickness fatigue cracks. We validate this approach against experimental results available from published papers.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20152801004
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author He Zhuang
Kotousov Andrei
Branco Ricardo
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Kotousov Andrei
Branco Ricardo
Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Front Shape for a Specimen with Finite Thickness
MATEC Web of Conferences
author_facet He Zhuang
Kotousov Andrei
Branco Ricardo
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title Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Front Shape for a Specimen with Finite Thickness
title_short Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Front Shape for a Specimen with Finite Thickness
title_full Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Front Shape for a Specimen with Finite Thickness
title_fullStr Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Front Shape for a Specimen with Finite Thickness
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Front Shape for a Specimen with Finite Thickness
title_sort evaluation of fatigue crack front shape for a specimen with finite thickness
publisher EDP Sciences
series MATEC Web of Conferences
issn 2261-236X
publishDate 2015-01-01
description Two-dimensional elastic or elasto-plastic models dominate the current fatigue crack growth assessment and life prediction procedures for plate components with through-the-thickness cracks. However, as demonstrated in many theoretical and experimental papers, the stress field near the crack tip is always three-dimensional and the fatigue crack front is not straight. In this paper, we develop a simplified approach for the evaluation of the front shapes of through-the-thickness fatigue cracks. We validate this approach against experimental results available from published papers.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20152801004
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