Finite-Element and Experimental Evaluation of the J-Integral for Short Cracks

2009 ◽  
pp. I-520-I-520-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
RH Dodds ◽  
DT Read ◽  
GW Wellman
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Experimental Evaluation ◽  
J Integral ◽  
Short Cracks

Elastic-Plastic Analysis of an Elbow With Axial Part-Through Internal Crack at Crown Under In-Plane Bending

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Prabhakaran ◽  
S. R. Bhate ◽  
V. Bhasin ◽  
A. K. Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Crack Depth ◽  
Bending Moment ◽  
Internal Crack ◽  
J Integral ◽  
Finite Element Analyses ◽  
Integrity Assessment ◽  
Elastic Plastic ◽  
Axial Part ◽  
Plane Bending

Piping elbows under bending moment are vulnerable to cracking at crown. The structural integrity assessment requires evaluation of J-integral. The J-integral values for elbows with axial part-through internal crack at crown under in-plane bending moment are limited in open literature. This paper presents the J-integral results of a thick and thin, 90-degree, long radius elbow subjected to in-plane opening bending moment based on number of finite element analyses covering different crack configurations. The non-linear elastic-plastic finite element analyses were performed using WARP3D software. Both geometrical and material nonlinearity were considered in the study. The geometry considered were for Rm/t = 5, and 12 with ratio of crack depth to wall thickness, a/t = 0.15, 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75 and ratio of crack length to crack depth, 2c/a = 6, 8, 10 and 12.

Study of Constraint Issues in Elasto-Plastic Fracture Analysis Using Experimental and Finite Element Simulation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Ibrahim Kittur ◽  
Krishnaraja G. Kodancha ◽  
C. R. Rajashekar
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Mild Steel ◽  
Compact Tension ◽  
Specimen Thickness ◽  
J Integral ◽  
Crack Tip Opening Displacement ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
3D Fea ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
Crack Tip Opening

In this investigation, the variation of J-integral considering Compact Tension (CT) specimen geometry varying a/W and σ using 2D and 3D elasto-plastic Finite Element (FE) analysis have been studied. Further, the investigation has been done to examine the relationship between the J and δ for varied a/W and σ. The plane stress and plane strain elasto-plastic FE analyses have been conducted on the CT specimen with a/W = 0.45–0.65 to extract the J and Crack-tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) values for mild steel. The comparative study of the variation of dn with a/W of mild steel with earlier results of IF steel is carried out. The study clearly infers the effect of yield stress on the variation of the magnitude of dn with reference to a/W ratio. The present analysis infers that while converting the magnitude of the CTOD to J one needs to carefully evaluate the value of dn depending on the material rather than considering it to be unity. Further, the study was extended to experimental and 3D FEA wherein J-integral and CTOD were estimated using the CT specimen. Experimental results reveal that the crack length, the specimen thickness, and the loading configuration have an effect on the fracture toughness measurements. The error analysis between the results obtained by 3D FEA and experimentation were conducted and found to be within limits.

scholarly journals A micro finite-element model for soil behaviour: experimental evaluation for sand under triaxial compression

Géotechnique ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 931-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadegh Nadimi ◽  
Joana Fonseca ◽  
Edward Andò ◽  
Gioacchino Viggiani
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
Experimental Evaluation ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Soil Behaviour

scholarly journals J-Integral Calculation by Finite Element Processing of Measured Full-Field Surface Displacements

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 997-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.M. Barhli ◽  
M. Mostafavi ◽  
A.F. Cinar ◽  
D. Hollis ◽  
T.J. Marrow
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
J Integral ◽  
Full Field ◽  
Surface Displacements

The Effect of Specimen Thickness on the Tearing Energy of a Gum Vulcanizate

1989 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 850-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Mazich ◽  
K. N. Morman ◽  
F. G. Oblinger ◽  
T. Y. Fan ◽  
P. C. Killgoar
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Pure Shear ◽  
Thickness Effect ◽  
Specimen Thickness ◽  
J Integral ◽  
Shear Specimen ◽  
Standard Specimens ◽  
Finite Element Calculations ◽  
Tearing Energy

Abstract We have examined the effect of thickness on the critical tearing energy of a simple gum vulcanizate of SBR in pure shear. Laboratory experiments and finite-element calculations agree that the tearing energy that is measured with a pure-shear specimen increases with the thickness of the specimen. Laboratory measurements indicate that the deformation for crack growth in a pure-shear specimen increases with the thickness of the specimen. Finite-element calculations show that the energy available for release at a given deformation also increases with thickness in the range from t=1.4 mm to t=14 mm. Experiments show that the crtical tearing energy varies linearly with thickness in the range t=0.7 mm to t=2.7 mm. The effect of thickness on the tearing energy was also studied by calculating the J-integral at various points of the crack through the thickness of the pure-shear specimen. In general, the J-integral calculated at the surface of the specimen can be higher than the J-integral calculated at the center of the specimen for specimens that are sufficiently thick. The thickness effect measured in this work suggests that the “critical tearing energy” obtained from standard laboratory specimens may not be a true material property. For this reason, critical tearing energy that is measured on standard specimens may not be generally applied to predict failure in arbitrary elastomeric components.

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