Branch crack development from the flank of a fatigue crack propagating in mode Il
The propagation of fatigue cracks in mode II often leads to the development of a branch starting from a crack flank, some distance behind the tip and not to the expected bifurcation at the crack tip. This type of branch is suggested to initiate by decohesion along a secondary slip plane and to grow...
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| Published in | Fatigue & fracture of engineering materials & structures Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 207 - 214 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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01.03.2001
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | The propagation of fatigue cracks in mode II often leads to the development of a branch starting from a crack flank, some distance behind the tip and not to the expected bifurcation at the crack tip. This type of branch is suggested to initiate by decohesion along a secondary slip plane and to grow in mode I due to the tensile component of the mode II stress field. Finite element calculations are performed to evaluate the stress intensity factors for the main crack and the branch as a function of the position of the latter. It is shown that the branch has a substantial shielding effect on the main crack and generates contact forces along its flanks. The simultaneous and competitive growth of the main crack and the branch in fatigue is simulated step by step using kinetic data for mode II and mode I obtained for a maraging steel [M250]. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Feature-1 |
| ISSN: | 8756-758X |