SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1994
STP13699S

Two-Parameter Crack-Tip Field Associated with Stable Crack Growth in a Thin Plate: An Experimental Study

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J-integral values were determined directly from the measured orthogonal displacement fields surrounding a stably growing crack in 2024-0 and 5052-H32 aluminum alloy single-edge notched (SEN) and cruciform specimens of 0.8-mm thickness. These J values were then used to compute the crack-tip displacements associated with the Hutchinson-Rice-Rosengren (HRR) field. The displacement component as a result of the difference field in the simplified two-parameter J-Q or J-T ductile fracture theories was obtained by subtracting the HRR displacement from the measured crack-tip displacement. The slope of the log-log plots of the two orthogonal, difference-field displacement components varied irregularily with radial distance with no consistent second-order strain singularity. The results suggest that further analysis is necessary before the simplified J-Q theory can be used to analyze stable crack growth in thin plates.

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Dadkhah, MS
Rockwell Science Center, Thousand Oaks, CA
Kobayashi, AS
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Developed by Committee: E08
Pages: 48–61
DOI: 10.1520/STP13699S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5270-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-1990-1