Creep relaxation of stress around a crack tip
Creep relaxation of stress around a crack tip
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DOI:
10.1016/0020-7683(81)90055-x
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发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
J. Bassani;F. Mcclintock
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作者:
J. Bassani;F. Mcclintock
Plane-strain numerical solutions have been obtained for the power-law creep relaxation of crack tip stresses subsequent to an initial elastic response. Explicit time integration is coupled with an initial-strain, finite element calculation. For cost effective, automatic time step control, the Irons-Treharne-Cormeau stable time step estimate is used to restabilize the calculation between steps 5–50 times larger. This finite element scheme is readily adaptable to realistic (and complicated) creep flow relations. Numerical results are presented for the plane-strain shallow Mode I tensile edge crack under constant applied load and creep exponents of 3 and 10. The calculated short-time amplitude of the singular HRR crack tip field under small-scale creeping conditions determines stresses that are within 1.5% of those predicted, using the elastic stress intensity factorKIwith the Riedel-Rice approximation. This precedes a longer time transition to a steady-state value that is given in terms of the path-independent integralC∗. Time-dependent crack opening displacements and velocities and the growth of regions where creep strains exceed the elastic strains are also presented.