Refined Dugdale plastic zones of an external circular crack
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Author list: Jin X., Chaiyat S., Keer L.M., Kiattikomol K.
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2008
Journal: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (0022-5096)
Volume number: 56
Issue number: 4
Start page: 1127
End page: 1146
Number of pages: 20
ISSN: 0022-5096
eISSN: 1873-4782
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
The refined Dugdale-type plastic zones ahead of an external circular crack, subjected to a uniform displacement at infinity, are evaluated both analytically and numerically. The analytical method utilizes potential theory in classical linear elasticity with emphasis on the contrast from the internal crack problem. A closed-form solution to the mixed boundary problem is obtained to predict the length of the plastic zone for a Tresca yield condition. The analytical solution is also used to benchmark the results obtained from the numerical method, which show good agreement. Through an iterative scheme, the numerical technique is able to estimate the size of crack tip plasticity zone, which is governed by the non-linear von Mises criterion. The relationships between the applied displacement and the length of the plastic zone are compared for the different yielding conditions. Computational modeling has demonstrated that the plastic constraint effect based on the true yield condition can significantly influence the load-bearing capacity. It is also discovered from the comparative study that the stress components predicted by the three different yield conditions may differ notably; however, the stress triaxiality in the ligament region has only small deviations. The proposed study may find applications in predicting the plastic flow in a circumferentially notched round bars under tension. ฉ 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Deeply notched bar, Plastic constraint factor
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