scholarly journals Influences of crack-face electric boundary conditions on stress intensity factors of ferroelectric single crystals

Author(s):  
Hongjun Yu ◽  
Minghui Zhao ◽  
Xiaorong Wu ◽  
Licheng Guo
2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
X.-C. Zhong ◽  
K.-Y. Lee

AbstractWithin the framework of linear piezoelectricity, the problem of two collinear electrically dielectric cracks in a piezoelectric layer is investigated under inplane electro-mechanical loadings. The energetically consistent crack-face boundary conditions are utilized to address the effects of a dielectric inside the cracks on the crack growth. The Fourier transform technique is applied to solve the boundary-value problem. Under the consideration of two-case electromechanical loadings, the electroelastic fields near the inner and outer crack tips are obtained through the Lobatto-Chebyshev collocation method. The special case of two collinear energetically consistent cracks in an infinite piezoelectric solid is analyzed and the closed-form solutions of the crack-tip electroelastic fields are further determined. Numerical results show the variations of stress intensity factors and energy release rates near the inner and outer crack tips on the applied electric fields, the geometry of cracks and the width of the piezoelectric layer in graphics. The observations reveal that the stress intensity factors are dependent not only on the adopted crack-face boundary conditions, but also on the applied mechanical loading.


1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 690-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Salehizadeh ◽  
N. Saka

The stress intensity factors for short straight and branched subsurface cracks subjected to a Hertzian loading are calculated by the finite element method. The effect of crack face friction on stress intensity factors is considered for both straight and branched cracks. The calculations show that the straight crack is subjected to pure mode II loading, whereas the branched crack is subjected to both mode I and mode II, with ΔKI/ΔKII < 0.25. Although KI is small, it strongly influences KII by keeping the branched crack faces apart. Based on the ΔKII values and Paris’s crack growth model, the number of stress reversals required to grow a crack in a rolling component from an initial threshold length to the final spalling length was estimated. It was found that the crack propagation period is small compared with the expected bearing fatigue life. Therefore, crack propagation is not the rate controlling factor in the fatigue failure of bearings operating under normal loading levels.


Author(s):  
D. J. Shim ◽  
S. Tang ◽  
T. J. Kim ◽  
N. S. Huh

Stress intensity factor solutions are readily available for flaws found in pipe to pipe welds or shell to shell welds (i.e., circumferential/axial crack in cylinder). In some situations, flaws can be detected in locations where an appropriate crack model is not readily available. For instance, there are no practical stress intensity factor solutions for circular-arc cracks which can form in circular welds (e.g., nozzle to vessel shell welds and storage cask closure welds). In this paper, stress intensity factors for circular-arc cracks in finite plates were calculated using finite element analysis. As a first step, stress intensity factors for circular-arc through-wall crack under uniform tension and crack face pressure were calculated. These results were compared with the analytical solutions which showed reasonable agreement. Then, stress intensity factors were calculated for circular-arc semi-elliptical surface cracks under the lateral and crack face pressure loading conditions. Lastly, to investigate the applicability of straight crack solutions for circular-arc cracks, stress intensity factors for circular-arc and straight cracks (both through-wall and surface cracks) were compared.


1981 ◽  
Vol 103 (4) ◽  
pp. 302-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Pu ◽  
M. A. Hussain

A simple method is provided for the computation of the redistribution of residual stresses and the stress intensity factors due to the introduction of notches and cracks in a partially autofrettaged tube. Numerical results of several crack and notch problems are obtained by the method of thermal simulation. These results are shown to be in excellent agreement with those obtained from the classical method of superposition. The new method based on thermal simulation is easier to apply and it avoids the alternate method of superposition requiring cumbersome distributed crack face loadings for each crack configuration.


Author(s):  
Chang-Young Oh ◽  
Ji-Soo Kim ◽  
Yun-Jae Kim ◽  
Young-Jin Oh ◽  
Kyoungsoo Lee ◽  
...  

This paper proposes a simple method to estimate stress intensity factors due to welding residual stresses. In this study, finite element analyses for circumferentially cracked pipe are performed to calculate stress intensity factors. Four cracked geometries and two types of weld geometry are considered. KI-solutions for the nonlinear stress distribution on the crack face were determined in accordance with codes and standards. The results are compared with KI-solutions from finite element results. It is found that proposed simple method agrees well with FE results.


2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1255-1271 ◽  
Author(s):  
MingHao Zhao ◽  
Yuan Li ◽  
CuiYing Fan

An arbitrarily shaped planar crack under different thermal and electric boundary conditions on the crack surfaces is studied in three-dimensional transversely isotropic thermopiezoelectric media subjected to thermal–mechanical–electric coupling fields. Using Hankel transformations, Green functions are derived for unit point extended displacement discontinuities in three-dimensional transversely isotropic thermopiezoelectric media, where the extended displacement discontinuities include the conventional displacement discontinuities, electric potential discontinuity, as well as the temperature discontinuity. On the basis of these Green functions, the extended displacement discontinuity boundary integral equations for arbitrarily shaped planar cracks in the isotropic plane of three-dimensional transversely isotropic thermopiezoelectric media are established under different thermal and electric boundary conditions on the crack surfaces, namely, the thermally and electrically impermeable, permeable, and semi-permeable boundary conditions. The singularities of near-crack border fields are analyzed and the extended stress intensity factors are expressed in terms of the extended displacement discontinuities. The effect of different thermal and electric boundary conditions on the extended stress intensity factors is studied via the extended displacement discontinuity boundary element method. Subsequent numerical results of elliptical cracks subjected to combined thermal–mechanical–electric loadings are obtained.


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