V. Tvergaard et Jw. Hutchinson, EFFECT OF T-STRESS ON MODE-I CRACK-GROWTH RESISTANCE IN A DUCTILE SOLID, International journal of solids and structures, 31(6), 1994, pp. 823-833
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Construcion & Building Technology","Engineering, Civil
An elastic-plastic crack growth model, with a traction-separation law
specified on the crack plane to characterize the fracture process, is
used to study the effect of the non-singular T-stress, acting parallel
to the crack plane. The work of separation per unit area and the peak
normal stress are the two main parameters used to characterize the fr
acture process, and crack growth resistance curves are calculated nume
rically for a number of values of the peak stress to initial yield str
ess ratio, and for different levels of strain hardening. Small-scale y
ielding in plane strain is considered with the remote field specified
by a constant value of the T-stress, applied initially, and an increas
ing magnitude of the mode I stress intensity factor. It is shown that
the predicted T-stress dependence of the fracture toughness during cra
ck growth is qualitatively similar to experimental observations, even
though the experiments go beyond small-scale yielding.