The Propagation of a Crack by a Rigid Wedge in an Infinite Power Law Viscoelastic Body.

Abstract

Closed form solutions are obtained for the problem of a crack propagated by a 2-dimensional rigid wedge of finite thickness in an infinite power law viscoelastic body. The distance from the crack tip to the point of contact with the wedge is determined from the assumption that in the vicinity of the crack tip, forces of cohesion act to produce a smoothly closing crack with continuous stresses. Finally, a simple formula expressing the stress intensity factor as a function of the speed of penetration and the length of the free crack surface is exhibited. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA054116

Entities

People

  • A. Nachman
  • J. R. Walton

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundaries
  • Cohesion
  • Crack Tips
  • Elastic Materials
  • Equations
  • Integral Equations
  • Integrals
  • Intensity
  • Materials
  • Mathematics
  • Numbers
  • Square Roots
  • Stress Intensity Factors
  • Stresses
  • Thickness
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.