Crack growth onset in thin aluminum sheets under mixed mode I/II loading: A new form of the Equivalent Material Concept

2019 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 106337 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R. Torabi ◽  
M.R. Ayatollahi ◽  
M. Torabi ◽  
A.S. Rahimi
Keyword(s):  
Crack Growth ◽  
Mixed Mode ◽  
Mode I ◽  
Equivalent Material ◽  
Aluminum Sheets ◽  
Thin Aluminum ◽  
Equivalent Material Concept ◽  
New Form ◽  
Material Concept

Elastic–plastic damage prediction in notched epoxy resin specimens under mixed mode I/II loading using two virtual linear elastic failure criteria

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 1100-1116
Author(s):  
AS Rahimi ◽  
MR Ayatollahi ◽  
AR Torabi
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Mode ◽  
Mode I ◽  
Equivalent Material ◽  
Mean Stress ◽  
Stress Criterion ◽  
Elastic Plastic ◽  
Notched Specimens ◽  
Plastic Damage ◽  
Equivalent Material Concept ◽  
Material Concept

Elastic–plastic damage of a ductile epoxy resin is investigated for the first time in the configuration of semicircular bend specimen weakened by U-shaped notches under mixed mode I/II loading conditions. U-notched specimens are prepared from the characterized epoxy material with different notch rotation angles and notch tip radii. Load-carrying capacities of the U-notched specimens are experimentally obtained by performing fracture tests under various combinations of mode I and mode II loading. The reformulated Equivalent Material Concept is employed for the polymeric material in conjunction with the maximum tangential stress and mean stress criteria to provide the theoretical predictions without any necessity for elastic–plastic analyses of their damage. Scanning electron microscopy micrographs are also taken from the fracture surfaces and utilized for realizing the micromechanical processes of damage in the tested specimens. A very good consistency is found between the experimental results and the predictions of the combined Equivalent Material Concept-maximum tangential stress criterion, as well as those of the Equivalent Material Concept-mean stress criterion.

scholarly journals Ductile failure analysis of epoxy resin plates containing multiple circular arc cracks by means of the equivalent material concept

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pourseifi ◽  
A. S. Rahimi
Keyword(s):  
Ductile Failure ◽  
Equivalent Material ◽  
Circular Arc ◽  
Equivalent Material Concept ◽  
Crack Tips ◽  
Fracture Tests ◽  
Polymeric Samples ◽  
Cracked Specimens ◽  
Brittle Fracture Criterion ◽  
Material Concept

AbstractDuctile failure of polymeric samples weakened by circular arc cracks is studied theoretically and experimentally in this research. Various arrangements of cracks with different arc angles are considered in the specimens such that crack tips experienced the mixed mode I/II loading conditions. Fracture tests are conducted on the multi-cracked specimens and their fracture loads are achieved. To provide the results, the equivalent material concept (EMC) is used in conjunction of dislocation method and a brittle fracture criterion such that there is no necessity for performing complex and time-consuming elastic-plastic damage analyses. Theoretical and experimental stress intensity factors are computed and compared with each other by employing the fracture curves which demonstrate the appropriate efficiency of proposed method to predict the tests results.

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