Deformation Limits on Two-Parameter Fracture Mechanics in Terms of Higher Order Asymptotics.
Abstract
This report addresses the limitations of two-parameter fracture mechanics. We performed an asymptotic analysis of the general power series representation of the crack tip stress potential in an elastic plastic material that obeys a Ramberg-Osgood constitutive law. Expansion of the power series over a substantial number of terms yields. only three independent coefficients for low. and medium-hardening materials. The first independent The second and third independent coefficients, K2 and K4 are a function of geometry and loading level. A two-parameter theory implies that the crack tip stress fields have two degrees of freedom, but the asymptotic analysis implies that three parameters are required to characterize near-tip conditions. Thus two-parameter fracture theory is a valid engineering model only when there is an approximately unique relationship between K2 and K4. We performed elastic-plastic finite element analyses on several geometries and evaluated K2 and K4 as a function of deformation level. A reference,two-parameter solution (which gives a unique relation between K2 and K4) was provided by the modified boundary layer (MBL) geometry. Results indicate that the near tip stresses in all but the deeply cracked SENT (a/W-.5.O.9) and SENT (a/W-0.9) lend themselves to a two-parameter characterization. However, the deeply cracked SENT and SENT specimens maintain a high level of constraint to relatively large deformation levels. Thus single-parameter fracture mechanics is fairly robust for these high constraint geometries. but two-parameter theory is of little value when constraint loss eventually occurs. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA289113
Entities
People
- D. L. Crane
- T. L. Anderson
Organizations
- Texas A&M University