Application of Fracture Mechanics to Prevention and Control of Subcritical Crack Growth and Fracture in Advanced High-Performance Ship Structures

Author(s):  
R. J. Goode ◽  
R. W. Judy
1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. G. Cox ◽  
E. G. Ellison

Subcritical crack growth was studied in an En 31 ball race steel subjected to various fluids, some of which are suitable for possible use in high pressure applications. Using fracture mechanics techniques of measurement and analysis, it was found that Esso Univis P38, Shell Tellus 15, and a 25 per cent glycerine–ethylene glycol mixture caused subcritical crack growth with a corrosion stress intensity threshold approximately half that obtained in air. Diesel oil had no effect. Evidence of blunting of the crack system and some effects of history were found.


2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 700-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burak Taskonak ◽  
Jason A. Griggs ◽  
John J. Mecholsky ◽  
Jia-Hau Yan

Author(s):  
Nancy J. Tighe

Silicon nitride is one of the ceramic materials being considered for the components in gas turbine engines which will be exposed to temperatures of 1000 to 1400°C. Test specimens from hot-pressed billets exhibit flexural strengths of approximately 50 MN/m2 at 1000°C. However, the strength degrades rapidly to less than 20 MN/m2 at 1400°C. The strength degradition is attributed to subcritical crack growth phenomena evidenced by a stress rate dependence of the flexural strength and the stress intensity factor. This phenomena is termed slow crack growth and is associated with the onset of plastic deformation at the crack tip. Lange attributed the subcritical crack growth tb a glassy silicate grain boundary phase which decreased in viscosity with increased temperature and permitted a form of grain boundary sliding to occur.


2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (4, Suppl) ◽  
pp. S106-S110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin D. McCaul ◽  
Ellen Peters ◽  
Wendy Nelson ◽  
Michael Stefanek

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