Prediction of the energy dissipation rate in ductile crack propagation

In this paper, energy dissipation rate D vs. Δa curves in ductile fracture are predicted using a ‘conversion’ between loads, load-point displacements and crack lengths predicted by NLEFM and those found in real ELPL propagation. The NLEFM/ELPL link was recently discovered for the DCB testpiece, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Atkins, A. G., Chen, Zhong, Cotterell, Brian
Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94040
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8213