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Delamination Propagation and Crack Growth Analysis of Composite Beams Using a Layer Wised Virtual Crack Closure Technique
AbstractA delamination propagation analysis of a composite beam specimen was performed in this research. To estimate the displacement field of...
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A Comprehensive Study of Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth under Very High Cycle Torsional Fatigue Loading
AbstractThis paper investigates the fatigue behavior of smooth specimens made of VT3-1 titanium alloy under fully reversed loading conditions....
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Features of Shear Crack Growth Dynamics in Heterogeneous Brittle Materials
The paper is devoted to the study of dynamic growth of shear cracks in brittle materials with various degrees of inhomogeneity of the internal...
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Inhibitive Effects of Chromate, Molybdate, and Nitrate on Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Rates of AA2024-T3 in 3.5% NaCl Solution
AA 2024-T3 aluminum alloy finds wide applications in aerospace industry due to its high strength to weight ratio, good toughness and relatively good... -
Correlating IASCC Growth Rate Data to Some Key Parameters for Austenitic Stainless Steels in High Temperature Water
Austenitic stainless steels have been widely used for fabricating reactor core-internal components in PWRs due to its high strength, ductility and... -
Crack Growth Life Prediction in API 5L X46 Grade Steel Pipes Subjected to Cyclic Internal Pressure
Pipelines used for transporting oil, gas and other petroleum products operate under pressure resulting in formation of fatigue cracks leading to the... -
Crack Evaluation of Ozone-Aged Elastomers
Natural rubber (NR) is aged under a range of ozone concentrations under simultaneous static and cyclic mechanical load for different ageing times. In... -
Development of an Energy-Based Experimental Method for Estimation of Fatigue Crack Evolution in Titanium Alloys
AbstractThis paper presents an experimental study of energy dissipation caused by fatigue crack growth in Grade 2 titanium and titanium alloys...
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Complexity of crack front geometry enhances toughness of brittle solids
Brittle solids typically fail by growth and propagation of a crack from a surface flaw. This process is modelled using linear elastic fracture...
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The effect of thermal stress on crack-inclusion problem in inhomogeneous superconducting cylinder
In this paper, the effect of thermal stress on crack-inclusion problem in inhomogeneous superconducting cylinder in the cooling process is...
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Experimental Quantification of Barrier Effects for Microstructural Short Fatigue Crack Propagation in Martensitic Steel
In the scope of the underlying study, microstructurally short fatigue crack propagation was observed and analyzed in a fully martensitic... -
Coupled impact of irregularity and magnetoelasticity on crack propagation in orthotropic strip
The contemporary study attempts to determine the stress intensity factor (SIF) for the propagation of a localized, semi-infinite crack brought on by...
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Nonadiabatically Driven Subcritical Crack Nucleation in Solids
AbstractThis paper discusses a subcritical crack nucleation mechanism in a brittle solid within a real range of applied stress. A medium deformed by...
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Finite Element Modeling of Partially Conductive Interfacial Crack in Piezoelectric Bimaterial
A plane strain state of an interface crack in a piezoelectric bimaterial under the action of electric loading parallel to the crack and mechanical... -
Method for determining the realistic size of a crack in a containment in the case of a severe accident
Calculations of severe accidents performed for level 2 probabilistic risk analysis (PRA-2) require the relevant leakage parameters such as location,...
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Method for Determining the Crack Resistance of a Square Section Beam
Simulation of a 3-point bending of a square beam located on supports by an edge but not on a flat side is carried out. The calculation is based on...
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Crack Model with Plastic Strain Gradients
AbstractThis paper provides a brief overview of the issues concerning the stress field singularity in a solid with a Griffith crack. A new model...
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Finite element evaluation of fracture toughness and crack propagation in LB-PBF AlSi10Mg
Fracture toughness properties of additively manufactured (AM) AlSi10Mg were explored computationally in this work. FE investigation of a previous...
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Simulation of Crack Propagation in Heterogeneous Materials by a Fracture Phase Field
We examine a method to compute the unknown fracture toughness of a heterogeneous material by the means of a time dependent boundary condition. This... -
COMPREHENSIVE MODEL FOR PREDICTING THE CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION LIFE OF THE TC4 TITANIUM ALLOY CONSIDERING THE CLOSURE EFFECT
AbstractBased on Haddad’s small crack theory, a new comprehensive fatigue life model of the TC4 titanium alloy is proposed through combining the...