Assessment of notched structural components using Failure Assessment Diagrams and the Theory of Critical Distances

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2809-2825

  Cicero, S ^a   Madrazo, V ^a   Carrascal, I A ^a   Cicero, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apparent fracture toughness; Crack; Failure Assessment Diagram; Notch; Theory of Critical Distances

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM; FRACTURE SPECIMENS; NOTCH; PLASTIC COLLAPSE LOAD; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; THEORY OF CRITICAL DISTANCES;

BRITTLENESS; CRACKS; DAMAGE DETECTION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; RATING; WELDS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 80052902932     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Griffith A.A. The phenomena of rupture and flow in solids. Phil Trans Roy Soc Lond A 1920, 221:163-198.
2. Timoshenko S., Goodier J.N. Theory of elasticity 1951, McGraw-Hill, New York.
3. Neuber N, Weiss V. Trans. ASME paper No. 62-WA-270; 1962.
4. Chen C.C., Pan H.I. Collection of papers on fracture of metals 1978, 197-219. Metallurgy Industry Press, Beijing. C.C. Chen (Ed.).
5. Usami SI. Current research on fatigue cracks 1985, 119. The Society of Materials Science, Kyoto. M. Jono Tanaka, K. Komai (Eds.).
6. Glinka G., Newport A. Universal features of elastic notch-tip stress fields. Int J Fatigue 1987, 9:143-150.
7. Kujawski D. Estimation of stress intensity factors for small cracks at notches. Fatigue Fract Engng Mater Struct 1991, 14:953-965.
8. Bhattacharya S., Kumar A.N. Rotational factor using bending moment approach under elasto-plastic situation in 3PB notch geometry. Engng Fract Mech 1995, 50:495-505.
9. Creager M., Paris C. Elastic field equations for blunt cracks with reference to stress corrosion cracking. Int J Fract 1967, 3:247-252.
10. Pluvinage G. Fatigue and fracture emanating from notch; the use of the notch stress intensity factor. Nucl Engng Des 1998, 185:173-184.
11. Bao Y., Jin Z. Size effects and mean strength criterion for ceramics. Fatigue Fract Engng Mater Struct 1993, 16:829-835.
12. Kocak M, Webster S, Janosch JJ, Ainsworth RA, Koers R., editors., FITNET Fitness-for-Service (FFS) Procedure, vol. 1. Printed by GKSS, Germany; 2008. ISBN 978-3-940923-00-4.
13. BS 7910: 2005: Guide to methods for assessing the acceptability of flaws in metallic structures. London: British Standards Institution; 2005.
14. R6: Assessment of the integrity of structures containing defects. British Energy Generation Limited, Revision 4; 2001.
15. API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 Fitness-For-Service, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 2007.
16. ASTM E 1820-09e1. Standard test method for measurement of fracture toughness, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia; 2009.
17. Seweryn A., Lukaszewicz A. Verification of brittle fracture criteria for elements with V-shaped notches. Engng Fract Mech 2002, 69:1487-1510.
18. Leguillon D. Strength or toughness? A criterion for crack onset at a notch. Eur J Mech, A/Solids 2002, 21:61-72.
19. Leguillon D., Quesada D., Putot C., Martin E. Prediction of crack initiation at blunt notches and cavities-size effects. Engng Fract Mech 2007, 74:2420-2436.
20. Taylor D. The theory of critical distances: a new perspective in fracture mechanics 2007, Elsevier.
21. Taylor D., Cornetti P., Pugno N. The fracture mechanics of finite crack extension. Engng Fract Mech 2005, 72:1021-1038.
22. Anderson T.L. Fracture mechanics: fundamentals and applications 1991, CRC Press, Florida.
23. ASTM D638-10. Standard test method for tensile properties of plastics. Philadelphia: American Society of Testing and Materials; 2010.
24. ASTM D5045-99. Standard test methods for plane-strain fracture toughness and strain energy release rate of plastic materials. Philadelphia: American Society of Testing and Materials; 1999.
25. ASTM E-8/E8M-09. standard test methods for tension testing of metallic materials. Philadelphia: American Society of Testing and Materials; 2009.
26. Liebowitz H., Sandhu J.S., Lee J.D., Menandro F.C.M. Computational fracture mechanics: research and application. Engng Fract Mech 1995, 50:653-670.
27. Guinea G.V., Planas J., Elices M. KI evaluation by the displacement extrapolation technique. Engng Fract Mech 2000, 66:243-255.
28. Susmel L., Taylor D. The theory of critical distances to predict static strength of notched brittle components subjected to mixed-mode loading. Engng Fract Mech 2008, 75:534-550.
29. ANSYS 12.0 Useŕs Manual, ANSYS Inc.; 2009.
30. Cicero S, Madrazo V, Carrascal IA. Analysis of notch effect in PMMA by using the Theory of Critical Distances. Engng Fract Mech, in preparation.
31. Susmel L., Taylor D. On the use of the Theory of Critical Distances to predict static failures in ductile metallic materials containing different geometrical features. Engng Fract Mech 2008, 75:4410-4421.
32. Taylor D. Applications of the theory of critical distances in failure analysis. Engng Fail Anal 2011, 18:543-549.
33. Milne I., Chell G.G., Worthington P.J. The mechanisms of fracture in blunt-notched specimens of a low-alloy steel and the effect on failure assessment. Mater Sci Eng 1979, 40:145-157.
34. Cicero S., Gutiérrez-Solana F., Álvarez J.A. Structural integrity assessment of components subjected to low constraint conditions. Engng Fract Mech 2008, 75:3038-3059.
35. Cicero S., Gutiérrez-Solana F., Horn A.J. Experimental analysis of differences in mechanical behaviour of cracked and notched specimens in a ferritic-pearlitic steel: considerations about the notch effect on structural integrity. Engng Fail Anal 2007, 16:2450-2466.
36. Horn A.J., Sherry A.H. Prediction of cleavage fracture from non-sharp defects using the Weibull stress based toughness scaling model. Int J Press Vessels Pip 2010, 87:670-680.