SIZE EFFECT IN BRITTLE FRACTURE OF NOTCHED STEEL PLATES IN TENSION
Abstract
Experimental evidence is presented to support the hypothesis that a Griffith-type theory (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. of London, 221:163, 1920) is not the critical condition for the initiation of brittle fracture in steel plates. The data indicate almost complete size independence for notched, compressively prestrained, Project E steel specimens of 6 2/3-, 10-, and 20-in. widths, which had geometrically similar dimensions in the plane of the plate but were of the same thickness. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 24, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0266451
Entities
People
- D.c. Drucker
- J.h. Ludley
Organizations
- Brown University