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Thermoelasticity for the analysis of crack tip stress fields — a review
Author(s) -
Tomlinson R. A.,
Olden E. J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
strain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1475-1305
pISSN - 0039-2103
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-1305.1999.tb01125.x
Subject(s) - thermoelastic damping , stress intensity factor , stress (linguistics) , structural engineering , materials science , stress field , mechanics , forensic engineering , engineering , fracture mechanics , physics , finite element method , thermodynamics , thermal , linguistics , philosophy
A comprehensive review is given of methods to determine the stress intensity factor at crack tips using thermoelastic stress analysis. In order to obtain accurate results a number of areas of experimental procedure need to be considered and these are discussed in detail. The paper concludes with a discussion on the future potential of the use of thermoelasticity for the analysis of cracks.