University of Tripoli

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering
:Exercises
A plate of steel with a central through thickness flaw of length 16mm is .1
subjected to a stress of 350 MPa normal to the crack plane. If the yield
strength of the material is 1400 MPa, what are the plastic zone size and
?the effective stress intensity level at the crack tip

A steel tension bar of 8mm thick and 50mm wide with edge crack .2
:10mm long is subjected to uniaxial stress of 140 MPa. Determine
a- The stress intensity factor. If the fracture toughness of this steel is 60
.MPam, is the crack stable
.b- The critical load and the critical length of the crack
a cylindrical steel pressure vessel with closed ends, (radius=5m, .3
length=5m) is to contain pressure of 15MPa & the steel is to give
minimum mass, the fracture stress must exceed the working stress by a
safety margin of 10%, the vessel is fabricated by edge welding of steel
plates, defects at the inner surface of the weld may be present, the
.smallest defect which can be detected can have a length of 20mm
Determine which of the following four steels available in a thickness given
.is the most suitable for the construction of the vessel
Steel

Thickness (mm)

Yield strength
(MPa)

A
B
C
D

0.08
0.07
0.06
0.05

450
900
1200
1400

Fracture
toughness
(MPam)
300
280
66
40

A sharp penny shaped crack with a diameter of 2.5cm is completely .4

embedded in a solid. Catastrophic fracture occurs when a stress of 700
.MPa is applied
?a- what's the fracture toughness of the material
b- If a sheet of 0.75mm thickness of this material is prepared for fracture
testing (crack length of 3.75cm). Would the fracture toughness value be a
.valid test number? The yield strength of the material is 1100MPa

c- What would be a sufficient thickness for valid fracture toughness

?determination

University of Tripoli
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering
:Exercises
You are offered an opportunity to earn 10$ million by simply hanging .1
from a rope for only one minute. The rope is attached to a glass sheet
(300-cm long by 10-cm wide and 0.127-cm)
:Complicating the situation is the fact that
The glass sheet contains a central crack with total length of 1.62-cm that
is oriented parallel to the ground. The fracture toughness of the glass is
.0.83 MPam
A material possessing a plain-strain fracture-toughness value of 50 .2
.MPam and yield strength of 1000 MPa is to be made in the large panel
If the panel is stressed to a level of 250 MPa, what is the maximum size (a)
?flaw that can be tolerated before catastrophic failure occurs
At the point of fracture, what the size of plastic zone at the middle of (b)
?the panel along the crack front
If the panel were 2.5-cm thick, would this constitute a valid plane-strain (c)
?condition
A 10-cm diameter aluminum thin-walled pressure vessel, that has a wall .3
thickness of 2-cm, is subjected to a proof pressure cycle of 75 MPa to
check of the integrity of the vessel. If the structure withstands this surge,
it is then placed in service where a design pressure is 50 MPa is
experienced. Assuming that the vessel material has a fracture toughness
of 25 MPam and contains a 0.5-cm deep semicircular surface flaw
oriented normal to the hoop stress direction, then answer the following
:questions
?What are the proof stress and the design stress of the vessel (a)
What is the stress intensity factor associated with the application of (b)
?the proof stress
From your answer to the previous question, will the vessel withstand (c)
?the application of the proof stress
Determine whether or not the vessel would experience a leak-before- (d)
.break condition