ISSN:
0894-9166
Keywords:
brittle damage
;
damage process zone
;
element vanish technique
;
fracture toughness increment
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract An abrupt damage model, taking full account of finite geometrychanges, is used to study both the shapes of damage zones and the stress strain fields for a plane-strain tensile crack under the small-scale yielding condition. Two typical crack-tip damage profiles are simulated by the element vanish technique. The fracture toughness increment due to damage dissipation is evaluated in terms of the energy release rate.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02207896