Dislocations in an arbitrary angle wedge. Part II: Cracks in the wedge

Author(s):  
Daniel J Riddoch ◽  
Nils Cwiekala ◽  
David A Hills

We describe a method for calculating the crack tip stress intensity factors for the problem of one or two cracks at the apex of an arbitrary angle wedge. The kernels for a dislocation in an arbitrary angle wedge described in part 1 of this paper are used extensively. Consideration is given to variations of crack length, crack angle and wedge angle.

Author(s):  
A G Philipps ◽  
S Karuppanan ◽  
N Banerjee ◽  
D A Hills

Crack tip stress intensity factors are found for the problem of a short crack adjacent to the apex of a notch, and lying perpendicular to one of the notch faces. Loading is represented by the two Williams eigensolutions, the ratio between which provides a reference length scale and permits a comprehensive display of the solution. The results are applied to the problem of a crack starting from the edge of a notionally adhered complete contact, and conditions for the avoidance of crack development are found.


Author(s):  
Chi-Hui Chien ◽  
Yi-San Shih ◽  
Shou-Shing Hsieh ◽  
Huang-Hsiu Tsai ◽  
Chih-Wei Lin ◽  
...  

The efficiency of the fuel cell depends on both the kinetics of the electrochemical process and performance of the components. The main aim of this research is to analysis the reliability of the cracked Ag-SU8 interface on the channel wall in a micro-PEMFC. An existed surface crack on the channel wall subjected to the flow induced compressive stresses and shear stresses will propagate and lead to the spall formation. In this paper, at first, the flow induced compressive and shear stresses are obtained through simulation of stress state and flow-field in the micro-channel by commercial package software ANSYS® 8.0. Then, the stresses arising at the crack tip due to flow induced compressive and shear stresses can be calculated and characterized by the mode I and II stress intensity factors (SIF), KI and KII, respectively. Finally, the KI and KII stress intensity factors at the crack tip are computed for the different crack sizes and loadings. The results show that the inlet pressure and crack length affect the stress intensity factors more than the inlet velocity does. Also, the results show that as the crack length increases, the value of KI will increase, but the value of KII decreases slightly.


1962 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 542-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fazil Erdogan ◽  
Ozcan Tuncel ◽  
Paul C. Paris

This experimental study was undertaken to investigate the validity of the theory based on the crack tip stress intensity factors to explain the fracture of thin cracked plates subjected to static bending moments. Plexiglas sheets were used as specimens and the loading was pure cylindrical bending. The results indicate that there is in fact a critical value of the stress intensity factor at which the crack starts growing. It was found that, while in static tensile tests the crack growth was unstable, in the case of bending, the external load (here, the bending moment) which starts the crack growing is not sufficient for the complete fracture of the plate if it is maintained constant. That is, when the critical value of the stress intensity factor is reached, the crack starts growing on the tensile side of the plate whereupon the crack tip takes a triangular shape and the system again becomes stable. In order to make the crack grow further, a considerable increase in the load is required.


1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Lin ◽  
D A Hills ◽  
D Nowell

A method for finding crack tip stress intensity factors for cracks emanating from circular holes, and subject to arbitrary remote loading, is described. Cases of single and multiple cracks are treated, using the distributed dislocation approach.


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