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FATIGUE GROWTH OF PHYSICALLY SMALL INCLINED CRACKS
Author(s) -
Kujawski D.,
Ellyin F.
Publication year - 1993
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.1460-2695.1993.tb00116.x
Subject(s) - materials science , perpendicular , tension (geology) , crack closure , compression (physics) , composite material , paris' law , fracture (geology) , growth rate , ultimate tensile strength , stress concentration , residual stress , structural engineering , crack growth resistance curve , fracture mechanics , geometry , mathematics , engineering
The growth of physically small, self initiated, inclined corner and through‐the‐width cracks is investigated in a carbon steel under tension fatigue ( R = 0.05). A preliminary procedure involving crack initiation under far‐field cyclic compression is used. This precracking method is adopted to minimize the effect of residual damage at the tip of the crack grown (and arrested) under cyclic compression. Thus, the subsequent tensile fatigue crack propagates through a region with no (or very small) residual stress or damage. Experiments indicate that the early growth rate of the inclined corner cracks is discontinuous with a few decelerations. During the intermittent propagation period the corner cracks only extend into the thickness (depth) of the specimen and do not propagate along the width direction. However, after reaching a certain aspect ratio, the inclined flaws grow in a steady (continuous) manner in both the thickness and width directions. Through‐the‐width cracks, both inclined and perpendicular to loading direction, do not show the discontinuous growth pattern typical of the inclined corner cracks, but exhibit only one minimum in the crack growth rate behaviour.