Studies of Artificial Cracks at Rocket Motor Liners by the Frozen Stress Method.

Abstract

A preliminary investigation limited to stress freezing materials was undertaken in order to develop a test method for estimating the stress intensity factor (SIF) distribution along the border of cracks in the bond line of a bi-material specimen. It was desired to measure the influence of residual stress and mixed mode effects for such specimens. A single edge notched specimen was selected, and a test procedure was devised for isolating the residual stress effect at the bond line for Mode I. Subsequently, mixed mode tests were conducted in the absence of externally induced residual stress and the SIF distribution for K1 and K2 were obtained. It was found that the level of the SIF values were increased by the bond line in cracked homogeneous bondline specimens for bondlines nearly normal to the applied load but that this effect was not increased in bonded bimaterial specimens. For larger angles of inclination to a normal to the applied load no increase in the SIF above the homogeneous result was found.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA325441

Entities

People

  • C. T. Liu
  • C. W. Smith
  • E. F. Finlayson

Organizations

  • Virginia Tech

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Crack Tips
  • Critical Temperature
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Residual Stress
  • Residuals
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Stress Intensity Factors
  • Stress Tests
  • Stresses
  • Test Methods
  • Thickness
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Surface Coatings Technology.