SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1988
STP23235S

The Stress Field Surrounding a Rapidly Propagating Curving Crack

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Results are presented from experiments conducted with a cross-shaped, biaxial fracture specimen which was eccentrically loaded to obtain rapid crack propagation along a curved path. High-speed photographs of the crack-tip isochromatic patterns were analyzed to obtain the leading coefficients of the dynamic, mixed-mode, crack-tip stress field expressed in series form. Values of KII associated with the propagating crack were found to be essentially zero when compared with the dominant opening mode stress intensity factor, KI.

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Shukla, A
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Chona, R
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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Developed by Committee: E08
Pages: 86–99
DOI: 10.1520/STP23235S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5036-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0949-0