SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1989
STP18832S

Automated Generation of Influence Functions for Planar Crack Problems

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A numerical procedure for the generation of influence functions for Mode I planar problems is described. The resulting influence functions are in a form for convenient evaluation of stress-intensity factors for complex stress distributions. Crack surface displacements are obtained by a least-squares solution of the Williams eigenfunction expansion for displacements in a cracked body. Discrete values of the influence function, evaluated using the crack surface displacements, are curve fit using an assumed functional form. The assumed functional form includes appropriate limit-behavior terms for very deep and very shallow cracks. Continuous representation of the influence function provides a convenient means for evaluating stress-intensity factors for arbitrary stress distributions by numerical integration. The procedure is demonstrated for an edge-cracked strip and a radially cracked disk. Comparisons with available published results demonstrate the accuracy of the procedure.

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Sire, RA
Failure Analysis Associates, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
Harris, DO
Failure Analysis Associates, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
Eason, ED
Modeling and Computing Services, Sunnyvale, CA
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Developed by Committee: E08
Pages: 351–365
DOI: 10.1520/STP18832S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5081-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-1250-6