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Determination of T stress for arbitrary oriented crack terminating at interface between two dissimilar materials
Gröger, Roman
The most important factors describing the fracture-mechanics behavior of layered structures are the generalized stress intensity factor and also T stress describing the amplitude of the stress field independent on the radial distance from the crack tip.. Direct methods of the calculation of such parameters are well known and their accuracy is critically assessed by the experimental measurements. The present work proposes an alternative method of determining of the elastic T stress based on the validity of the reciprocal work theorem using the integration of the strain energy along a circular path surrounding the crack tip. The results obtained from a model of a crack terminating at interface between two dissimilar elastic materials are compared with the usually used direct approach. It is shown that such this term is not negligible and generally need to be taken into account in the considerations on the stability of layered materials.
Analysis of crack propagation in vicinity of bi-material interface in framework two parameter fracture mechanics
Seitl, Stanislav ; Knésl, Zdeněk
Existence of the interface between regions with different elastic properties have a pronounced influence on the behaviour of cracks The aim of the present contribution is an analysis of a crack growing in a vicinity of the interface between two different elastic materials.. The basic assumption of the contribution corresponds to two-parameter linear elastic fracture mechanics. The values of stress intensity factor KI and KII corresponding to normal and shear mode of loading and the value of T-stress are calculated for a generally oriented crack approaching to the interface. The calculations are performed by finite element method for short and long cracks. The dependence of KI, KII and T values on the distance and the orientation of a crack with respect to the interface is studied. It is shown that short cracks are influenced by the presence of the interface more significantly in comparison with long cracks. The results contribute to better understanding of short cracks behaviour in relation to microstructure of material.
Two-parameter characterisation of a crack growing in the vicinity of the material interface
Gröger, Roman ; Knésl, Zdeněk
A crack propagating in the vicinity of the material interface is analyzed. The problem is solved in the range of two-parameter linear elastic fracture mechanics. The aim of the contribution is to assess the influence of T stress on the direction of a crack growing to the interface. The interface is modelled for different material properties characterised by the Dundur's composite parameters. First the effect of the interface on T stress value is studied and values of KI, KII and T stress are estimated. Consequently the two-parameter modification of MTS criterion and Sih's SED criterion is used for prediction of a crack propagation direction. Both these approaches are compared. It is concluded that the negative values of T stress stabilize the crack propagation perpendicularly to the interface.

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