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CRACK TIP BEHAVIOUR AND CRACK PROPAGATION IN DUCTILE MATERIALS
Author(s) -
Li G. C.,
Liu H. Q.,
Du M. L.,
Hong Y. S.,
Zhang X.
Publication year - 1992
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.1460-2695.1992.tb00048.x
Subject(s) - constitutive equation , materials science , void (composites) , cracking , plasticity , mechanics , structural engineering , fracture mechanics , computation , work (physics) , finite element method , composite material , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , algorithm
Abstract Dilatational plastic equations, which can include the effects of ductile damage, are derived based on the equivalency in expressions for dissipated plastic work. Void damage developed internally at the large‐strain stage is represented by an effective continuum being strain‐softened and plastically dilated. Accumulation of this local damage leads to progressive failure in materials. With regard to this microstructural background, the constitutive parameters included for characterizing material behaviour have the sense of internal variables. They are not able to be determined explicitly by macroscopic testing but rather through computer simulation of experimental curves and data. Application of this constitutive model to mode‐I cracking examples demonstrates that a huge strain concentration accompanied by a substantial drop of stress does occur near the crack tip. Eventually, crack propagation is simulated by using finite elements in computations. Two numerical examples show good accordance with experimental data. The whole procedure of study serves as a justification of the constitutive formulation proposed in the text.