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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...
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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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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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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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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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SH-Wave-Induced Crack Propagation in a Magnetoelastic Material under Initial Stress
AbstractThis research examined the propagation of the crack in an initially strained anisotropic magnetoelastic material due to SH-waves. For a...
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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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Electrically Permeable Interface Crack with a Contact Zone in a 1D Piezoelectric Quasicrystal
The bimaterial composed of two 1D piezoelectric hexagonal quasicrystals having a crack along the material interface is considered. Mixed mode phonon...
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Numerical investigation of crack propagation regimes in snow fracture experiments
A snow slab avalanche releases after failure initiation and crack propagation in a highly porous weak snow layer buried below a cohesive slab. While...
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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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Crack recognition approach assisted by three-dimensional measurement technique
In traditional crack recognition, most methods are based on a two-dimensional plane to recognize crack. However, crack like objects or textures can...
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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...
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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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Analysis of Fracture of an Orthotropic Plate with a Crack Under Biaxial Loading
A generalization of the model of a crack with a process zone to the case of orthotropic materials is proposed. It is assumed that the material in the...
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Two-Term Fracture Approach for the Prediction of Mixed Mode Crack Direction in Functionally Graded Materials
AbstractIn a two terms approach, the representation of the stress field at the crack-tip consists of the mixed mode stress intensity factors (SIFs)...
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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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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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One Energy Condition for the Development of an Isolated Crack
AbstractBased on the energy approach to the process of brittle fracture, a new energy criterion for fracture was obtained in the case when an...
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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...
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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...