Mixed Mode Partitioning in Beam Like Geometries: A Damage Dependent Solution
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Author(s)
Ivankovic, A
Conroy, M
Kinloch, AJ
Williams, JG
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The current work studies the fracture mode partition in beam-like geometries as a function of cohesive properties. It is observed that the mode mixity exhibits a unique dependence on the cohesive zone length scale, where the lower and upper bounds are given by the local and global partitioning. Based on this observed unique dependency, a new semi-analytical cohesive analysis (SACA) is proposed for partitioning. This partitioning method is applied to previously conflicting experimental data in the literature, and physically consistent results are obtained in each case, suggesting that this novel SACA method can be used to obtain accurate mixed mode partitioning now always.
Date Issued
2015-07-02
Date Acceptance
2015-06-17
Citation
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2015, 149, pp.351-367
ISSN
1873-7315
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
351
End Page
367
Journal / Book Title
Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Volume
149
Copyright Statement
© 2015, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
Mechanical Engineering & Transports
MD Multidisciplinary
Publication Status
Published