Journal Published Online: 01 January 1993
Volume 21, Issue 1

Monitoring Fatigue Crack Propagation in Compact Tension Specimens via Remote Sensing of Back Face Strain

CODEN: JTEVAB

Abstract

Back face strain (BFS) measurement is now well-established as an indirect technique to monitor crack length in compact tension (CT) fracture specimens [1,2]. Previous work [2] developed empirical relations between fatigue crack propagation (FCP) parameters. BFS, and number of cycles for CT specimens subjected to constant amplitude fatigue loading. These predictions are experimentally validated in terms of the variations of mean values of BFS and load as a function of crack length. Another issue raised by this study concerns the validity of assigning fixed values for the Paris parameters C and n to describe FCP in realistic materials.

Author Information

Simha, KRY
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Hande, HSS
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
Arora, PR
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Stock #: JTE11734J
ISSN: 0090-3973
DOI: 10.1520/JTE11734J