|
|
Analysis of crack propagation using J-integral
Bónová, Kateřina ; Květoň, Josef (referee) ; Eliáš, Jan (advisor)
The bachelor thesis is focused on importance and application of J-integral in crack propagation analysis. J-integral is a method of fracture mechanics used to determine the strain energy release rate. In other words it provides the amount of energy available for crack propagation in elastic and elasto-plastic materials. The thesis presents derivations of relations between J-integral, crack driving force and stress intensity factor. The most important contribution of this thesis is detailed analytical calculation of the J-integral on simple structures. The results are verified by numerical models in ANSYS.
|
|
|
Complex evaluation of brittleness of selected building composites
Machačová, Denisa ; Veselý, Václav (referee) ; Keršner, Zbyněk (advisor)
Specified topic of the thesis is a multilevel evaluation of brittleness of selected building composites. The work deals with the opinions of fracture parameters of test specimens of lightweight and ordinary concrete. Specimens further differed fibres content in concrete mixtures, their type and length. The work is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part conceives composite materials and introduction to fracture mechanics. The practical part describes the different steps for fracture-mechanical parameters evaluation using StiCrack and Excel Visual Basic software. The main part of the work is to evaluate the brittleness of different test specimens, taking into account the type of concrete mix and type of fibres.
|
|
|
Analysis of stress state and failure in test specimens used for determination of fracture-mechanical parameters of quasi-brittle materials
Holušová, Táňa ; Seitl,, Stanislav (referee) ; Veselý, Václav (advisor)
The thesis is focused on a test on determination of the fracture-mechanical parameters of quasi-brittle materials, especially concrete. What is referred to as the wedge-splitting test is considered, for which a variety of shapes of notched specimen can be used. This work is exclusively focused on the cylinder-shaped specimen of diameter 150 mm and breadth of 100 mm. The test is performed virtually using Atena 2D FEM software. Progress of failure is observed during loading of the specimen for various notch lengths. The amount of energy released for the development the failure outside of the tested cross-sectional area (weakened by the notch) is quantified and the size of the fracture process zone is investigated. The described analysis is performed for several material sets witch differ in cohesive properties of the quasi-brittle material expressed via the so-called characteristic length. Suitable proportions of the test specimen are sought, in order to avoid the failure and thus also the energy dissipation outside of the specimen ligament area during the experimental tests, which shall lead to more accurate estimates of fracture-mechanical parameters of the tested material.
|
|
|
Comparison of localization limiters for strain-softening
Květoň, Josef ; Vořechovský, Miroslav (referee) ; Eliáš, Jan (advisor)
It is well known, that simulation of crack propagation using the finite element method is dependent on mesh discretization. The thesis compares two approaches, that are designed to reduce the mesh influence: (I) the crack band model and (II) the nonlocal model. These localization limiters are applied to simulate three-point-bent beam with and without notch. The model of the beam is made with several variants of mesh discretization differing in finite element size and inclination. Performance of both localization limiters is discussed.
|
guest ::
