‘‘Plasticity-induced crack closure’’ phenomenon is the leading mechanism of different effects (R-ratio, overload retardation, . . . ) acting on crack growth rate in many metallic materials. Experimental tests are carried out to quantify the physical phenomenon, while Strip-Yield analytical models have been developed for predicting life of components. In the present work, an additional module to be applied to a Strip-Yield model is proposed in order to derive the strains near the crack tip. Particularly, the module is based on the Westergaards elastic complex potential. The presented algorithm allowed us to obtain the correlation between ‘‘local compliance’’ experimental results and the corresponding Strip-Yield analyses. This method can be taken as a semi-analytical procedure for calibrating the constraint factor, i.e., the most delicate parameter for Strip-Yield models.

A Strip-Yield algorithm for the analysis of closure evaluation near the crack tip

BERETTA, STEFANO;CARBONI, MICHELE
2005-01-01

Abstract

‘‘Plasticity-induced crack closure’’ phenomenon is the leading mechanism of different effects (R-ratio, overload retardation, . . . ) acting on crack growth rate in many metallic materials. Experimental tests are carried out to quantify the physical phenomenon, while Strip-Yield analytical models have been developed for predicting life of components. In the present work, an additional module to be applied to a Strip-Yield model is proposed in order to derive the strains near the crack tip. Particularly, the module is based on the Westergaards elastic complex potential. The presented algorithm allowed us to obtain the correlation between ‘‘local compliance’’ experimental results and the corresponding Strip-Yield analyses. This method can be taken as a semi-analytical procedure for calibrating the constraint factor, i.e., the most delicate parameter for Strip-Yield models.
2005
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