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SI: Crack Paths Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019)

Crack propagation in a brittle DCB specimen assessed by means of the Williams’ power expansion

Author and affiliation details
  • Lucie Malikova Corresponding author Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering ORCID iD0000-0001-5868-5717 malikova.l@fce.vutbr.cz
  • Seyed Mohammad Javad Razavi Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway ORCID iD0000-0002-2574-065X
  • Filippo Berto Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway ORCID iD0000-0002-4207-0109
DOI
10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.05
Pages
34-41
Published
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Abstract

A double cantilever beam geometry has been chosen in order to investigate the importance of the higher-order terms of the Williams’ power expansion for the crack path estimation. The crack propagation has been tested experimentally on a brittle polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) specimen and although the mode I loading conditions were applied, the crack kinked from its original plane immediately and propagated towards the bottom side of the specimen. It has been shown that this phenomenon is connected to the magnitude and sign of the T-stress and to the level of the constraint generally. In this work, the influence of the third and higher terms of the Williams’ series on the crack propagation is investigated. The generalized form of the well-known maximum tangential stress fracture criterion for determination of the crack propagation angle has been tested and discussed. The observed differences in the crack trajectory of different specimens have been found to be related to the magnitude of the higher-order terms of the stress tensor components at the crack tip.

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Article history

  1. ReceivedUntil the next stage: 9 days
  2. Revision requestedUntil the next stage: 26 days
  3. RevisedUntil the next stage: 5 days
  4. AcceptedUntil the next stage: 48 days
  5. Published

How to cite

APA

Malikova, L., Razavi, S. M. J., & Berto, F. (2019). Crack propagation in a brittle DCB specimen assessed by means of the Williams’ power expansion. Fracture and Structural Integrity, 13(48), 34–41. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.05

IEEE

L. Malikova, S. M. J. Razavi, and F. Berto, “Crack propagation in a brittle DCB specimen assessed by means of the Williams’ power expansion,” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 13, no. 48, pp. 34–41, 2019, doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.05.

MLA

Malikova, Lucie, et al. “Crack propagation in a brittle DCB specimen assessed by means of the Williams’ power expansion.” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 13, no. 48, 2019, pp. 34–41. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.05.

Chicago

Malikova, Lucie, Seyed Mohammad Javad Razavi, and Filippo Berto. 2019. “Crack propagation in a brittle DCB specimen assessed by means of the Williams’ power expansion.” Fracture and Structural Integrity 13 (48): 34–41. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.05.

Harvard

Malikova, L., Razavi, S.M.J. and Berto, F. (2019) ‘Crack propagation in a brittle DCB specimen assessed by means of the Williams’ power expansion’, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 13(48), pp. 34–41. doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.05.

Vancouver

Malikova L, Razavi SMJ, Berto F. Crack propagation in a brittle DCB specimen assessed by means of the Williams’ power expansion. Fracture and Structural Integrity. 2019;13(48):34-41. doi:10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.05

BibTeX

@article{malikova2019, author = {Malikova, Lucie and Razavi, Seyed Mohammad Javad and Berto, Filippo}, title = {Crack propagation in a brittle DCB specimen assessed by means of the Williams’ power expansion}, journal = {Fracture and Structural Integrity}, year = {2019}, volume = {13}, number = {48}, pages = {34--41}, doi = {10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.05}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.05}, issn = {1971-8993} }

RIS

TY - JOUR AU - Malikova, Lucie AU - Razavi, Seyed Mohammad Javad AU - Berto, Filippo TI - Crack propagation in a brittle DCB specimen assessed by means of the Williams’ power expansion JO - Fracture and Structural Integrity T2 - Fracture and Structural Integrity PY - 2019 DA - 2019/02/24 VL - 13 IS - 48 SP - 34 EP - 41 DO - 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.05 UR - https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.05 SN - 1971-8993 ER -

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