A successful combination of the equivalent material concept and the averaged strain energy density criterion for predicting crack initiation from blunt V-notches in ductile aluminum plates under mixed mode loading

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Torabi ◽  
A. Campagnolo ◽  
F. Berto
Keyword(s):  
Energy Density ◽  
Strain Energy Density ◽  
Mixed Mode ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Equivalent Material ◽  
Mixed Mode Loading ◽  
Equivalent Material Concept ◽  
Aluminum Plates ◽  
Material Concept ◽  
Ductile Aluminum

scholarly journals Estimation of Mode I Fracture of U-Notched Polycarbonate Specimens Using the Equivalent Material Concept and Strain Energy Density

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3370
Author(s):  
Jafar Albinmousa ◽  
Jihad AlSadah ◽  
Muhammad A. Hawwa ◽  
Hussain M. Al-Qahtani
Keyword(s):  
Energy Density ◽  
Strain Energy Density ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Fracture Load ◽  
Image Correlation ◽  
Equivalent Material ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
Notched Specimens ◽  
Equivalent Material Concept ◽  
Material Concept

Polycarbonate (PC) has a wide range of applications in the electronic, transportation, and biomedical industries. In addition, investigation on the applicability to use PC in superstrate photovoltaic modules is ongoing research. In this paper, PC is envisioned to be used as a material for structural components in renewable energy systems. Usually, structural components have geometrical irregularities, i.e., notches, and are subjected to severe mechanical loading. Therefore, the structural integrity of these components shall consider fracture analysis on notched specimens. In this paper, rectangular PC specimens were machined with straight U-notches having different radii and depths. Eight different notch radii with a depth of 6.0 mm were tested. In addition, three notch depths with a radius of 3.5 mm were considered. Quasi-static fracture tests were performed under displacement-controlled loading with a speed of 5 mm/min. Digital image correlation technique was used to capture the strain fields for un-notched and notched specimens. It was assumed that fracture occurs at the onset of necking. The equivalent material concept (EMC) along with the strain energy density criterion (SED) were employed to estimate the fracture load. The EMC-SED combination is shown to be an effective and practical tool for estimating the fracture load of U-notched PC specimens.

scholarly journals Using the Equivalent Material Concept and the Average Strain Energy Density to Analyse the Fracture Behaviour of Structural Materials

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Cicero ◽  
Juan Diego Fuentes ◽  
Ali Reza Torabi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Density ◽  
Strain Energy Density ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Equivalent Material ◽  
Nonlinear Behaviour ◽  
Average Strain ◽  
Nonlinear Materials ◽  
Linear Elastic ◽  
Equivalent Material Concept ◽  
Material Concept

This paper provides a complete overview of the applicability of the Equivalent Material Concept in conjunction with the Average Strain Energy Density criterion, to provide predictions of fracture loads in structural materials containing U-notches. The Average Strain Density Criterion (ASED) has a linear-elastic nature, so in principle, it does not provide satisfactory predictions of fracture loads in those materials with nonlinear behaviour. However, the Equivalent Material Concept (EMC) is able to transform a physically nonlinear material into an equivalent linear-elastic one and, therefore, the combination of the ASED criterion with the EMC (EMC–ASED criterion) should provide good predictions of fracture loads in physically nonlinear materials. The EMC–ASED criterion is here applied to different types of materials (polymers, composites and metals) with different grades of nonlinearity, showing the accuracy of the corresponding fracture load predictions and revealing qualitatively the limitations of the methodology. It is shown how the EMC–ASED criterion provides good predictions of fracture loads in nonlinear materials as long as the nonlinear behaviour is mainly limited to the tensile behaviour, and how the accuracy decreases when the nonlinear behaviour is extended to the material behaviour in the presence of defects.

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