Lindong Chai , Lu Han , Luping Ren , Yihai He , Wei Zhang
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Abstract
In this paper, a physically small crack threshold model based on crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) is proposed. Firstly, an in-situ SEM crack growth testing and a unified physically small crack (PSC) and long crack (LC) growth model are briefly reviewed to demonstrate that CTOD serves as a unified driving parameter for PSC and LC. Subsequently, considering the crack closure and microstructural dissimilitude, the threshold CTOD model is established. Thus, the threshold stress and corresponding non-propagating crack length can be calculated. Finally, several datasets for various materials and loading conditions are used to verify the proposed model. The model prediction has a good agreement with the experimental data. Additionally, a comparison between the proposed model and main small crack threshold models is conducted. The relationship between the transition crack length from PSC to LC and the El Haddad parameter is also discussed.
期刊介绍:
Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics'' aims & scopes have been re-designed to cover both the theoretical, applied, and numerical aspects associated with those cracking related phenomena taking place, at a micro-, meso-, and macroscopic level, in materials/components/structures of any kind.
The journal aims to cover the cracking/mechanical behaviour of materials/components/structures in those situations involving both time-independent and time-dependent system of external forces/moments (such as, for instance, quasi-static, impulsive, impact, blasting, creep, contact, and fatigue loading). Since, under the above circumstances, the mechanical behaviour of cracked materials/components/structures is also affected by the environmental conditions, the journal would consider also those theoretical/experimental research works investigating the effect of external variables such as, for instance, the effect of corrosive environments as well as of high/low-temperature.