Three-dimensional crack growth in ductile materials: Effect of stress constraint on crack tunneling

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 0314011-0314018

  Zuo, Jianzheng ^a   Deng, Xiaomin ^a   Sutton, Michael A ^a   Cheng, Chin Shan ^b  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint; Crack growth; Crack tunneling; Fracture criterion; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT; CRACK FRONTS; CRACK GROWTH; CRACK SURFACES; CRACK TUNNELING; CRACK-TIP OPENING DISPLACEMENT; DRIVING FORCES; DUCTILE MATERIALS; EDGE CRACKS; FRACTURE BEHAVIORS; FRACTURE CRITERION; FRACTURE SIMULATIONS; FRACTURE SURFACES; LATERAL SURFACES; LOADING CONDITIONS; MIXED MODES; MONOTONICALLY; SIMULATION; STABLE TEARING CRACK GROWTH; STRAIGHT CRACK; STRESS CONSTRAINTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); THREE-DIMENSIONAL FRACTURE; THROUGH-THICKNESS CRACKS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DUCTILE FRACTURE; DUCTILITY; ECOLOGY; EXCAVATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SPEED; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

CRACKS;

EID: 52949095044     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2937738     Document Type: Article

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