Temperature Dependent Fracture Behavior in Model Epoxy Networks with Nanoscale Heterogeneity

Polymer ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 123560
Author(s):  
Matthew D. Eaton ◽  
L. Catherine Brinson ◽  
Kenneth R. Shull
2018 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 80-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manjunatha Madivala ◽  
Alexander Schwedt ◽  
Su Leen Wong ◽  
Franz Roters ◽  
Ulrich Prahl ◽  
...  

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 767
Author(s):  
Yazhi Zhu ◽  
Shiping Huang ◽  
Hizb Sajid

This paper aims to (1) study ductile fracture behavior, and (2) provide a computational tool for predicting fracture initiation in ASTM A572 Gr. 50 structural steels under axisymmetric tension loading are heated to elevated temperatures and cooled down in air and in water. Employing the post-fire test results reported in the literature for A572 Gr. 50 steels, this paper carries out coupon-level finite element (FE) simulations to capture the stress and strain fields and explore the micro-mechanism of post-fire fracture in ASTM A572 Gr. 50 steels, respectively. Numerical results show that the effects of the experienced temperature and cooling method on fracture parameters are more significant for the steels cooled after being heated to temperatures from 800 °C to 1000 °C than those from 500 °C to 700 °C, due to microstructural changes during the cooling process. Air-cooled and water-cooled specimens show an improvement and a significant reduction in ductility, respectively. A modified void growth model (VGM) is proposed by introducing two additional temperature-dependent functions, through which the effects of elevated temperature and cooling method on fracture behavior are quantitatively analyzed. Limitations of this study are also discussed.


Author(s):  
Hao Wu ◽  
Meng Huang ◽  
Xuewen Li ◽  
Yiping Xia ◽  
Zhi Wang ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 2577-2580
Author(s):  
Irène Sacksteder ◽  
Simon Hostettler ◽  
Grégoire Charbonneau ◽  
Bartlomiej Albinski ◽  
Hans-Christian Schneider

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (31n32) ◽  
pp. 5483-5488 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUN CHAN JANG ◽  
YOUNGSEOG LEE ◽  
GYU BAEK AN ◽  
JOON SIK PARK ◽  
JONG BONG LEE ◽  
...  

In this study, experimental and numerical studies were performed to examine the effects of thickness of steel plate on the arrest fracture toughness. The ESSO tests were performed with the steel plates having temperature gradient along the crack propagation direction. A temperature dependent crack initiation criterion was proposed as well. A series of three-dimensional FEA was then carried out to simulate the ESSO test while the thickness of the steel plate varies. Results reveal that a temperature dependent brittle criterion proposed in this study can describe the fracture behavior properly.


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