APPLICATION OF ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE ARGUMENTS TO STABLE CRACK GROWTH

— Energy dissipation rate, D, and crack tip opening angle (CTOA) have been related for large amounts of ductile crack growth in a fully plastic two-dimensional model of real elastic plastic material. Several J-type rising R-curves have been constructed and related, some based on the cumulative energy dissipated and some as a characterising term that relates closely to the far-field J contour value. These two meanings co-exist but the relationship is geometry dependent. For deep notch bend (DNB) cases the non-dimensional group Lα/r* (where L is normalised load, α is CTOA and r* defines the position of the instantaneous centre of rotation) governs the value of dJ. Certain DNB cases where R-curves vary with size are resolved by this group rather than by CTOA itself whereas for centre-cracked tension there is a higher value of CTOA than for DNB.

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