SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1983
STP36765S

Some Salient Features of the Tearing Instability Theory

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In this work the problem of the stability of a system deformed under displacement and load-controlled conditions is examined. The instability conditions are found from the load versus displacements, P-δ, characteristics of the system and the stiffness of the structure, KM, on a completely general basis. The analysis is performed for the system in series with a spring under displacement control and for the system in parallel with the spring under load-controlled conditions.

In addition it is shown that the conditions for instability found for both situations using the tearing instability theory are in complete agreement with those obtained under a completely general basis. As a result the tearing instability theory is proven to be always valid in the sense that instability will occur if and only if Tapp > Tmat.

Finally, a small experimental program on a nickel-chromium-molybdenum-vanadium rotor steel was conducted in order to prove that structures can be designed to assure stable crack growth under load-controlled conditions beyond maximum load.

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Ernst, HA
Westinghouse R&D Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Developed by Committee: E08
Pages: 133–155
DOI: 10.1520/STP36765S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4870-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0726-7