Brittle fracture in rounded-tip V-shaped notches

Abstract Two failure criteria are proposed in this paper for brittle fracture in rounded-tip V-shaped notches under pure mode I loading. One of these criteria is developed based on the mean stress criterion and the other based on the point stress criterion which both are well known failure criteria for investigating brittle fracture in elements containing a sharp crack or a sharp V-notch. To verify the validity of the proposed criteria, first the experimental data reported by other authors from three-point bend (TPB) and four-point bend (FPB) tests on PMMA at −60 °C and Alumina–7% Zirconia ceramic are used. Additionally, some new fracture tests are also carried out on the rounded-tip V-notched semi-circular bend (RV-SCB) specimens made of PMMA for various notch opening angles and different notch tip radii. A very good agreement is shown to exist between the results of the mean stress criterion and the experimental data.

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