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EVALUATION ON LIMITATION OF LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS FOR SMALL FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH
Author(s) -
Tokaji Keiro,
Ogawa Takeshi,
Harada Yukio
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
fatigue and fracture of engineering materials and structures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1460-2695
pISSN - 8756-758X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1987.tb00207.x
Subject(s) - materials science , fracture mechanics , paris' law , crack closure , ultimate tensile strength , fracture (geology) , crack growth resistance curve , structural engineering , linear elasticity , composite material , bending , compact tension specimen , microstructure , yield (engineering) , finite element method , engineering
— The growth characteristics of small fatigue cracks were investigated under rotary bending in a high tensile strength steel, and the critical crack length above which linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) is applicable was evaluated systematically from the results of the present study and previous studies in which two steels having different microstructures and strengths were used. It is found that the critical crack length extends over two regions each exhibiting different growth mechanisms. These regions of microstructurally small cracks and mechanically small cracks are found to be a unique function of the microstructural unit size and the yield strength of the materials, respectively. Therefore, using these relationships, it is possible to estimate the critical crack length for a given material.