INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695 547 Aerospace Engineering, Quiz I - February 2014 AE 474 Fracture Mechanics / AE 619 Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue Max. Marks: 30 Time: 1 Hour Date: 17/02/2014 Answer all questions 1. The Bulk Mechanical properties of bone and its constituents are given in the table. “Young's modulus /Strength | Fracture toughness ae a (MPa) (a Collagen 100Mpa/po 20. a Me e Mineral 100 Gpa/ O30 << 1 Mpa m'? < Bone 20Gpa [x2 100 2-7 Mpa m‘? , 1A) telets jn bone do not fail by propagation Determine the critical thickness for which{mineral pl Of flaws, but by breaking of bonds. Theoretical strength (where failure by breakage of bonds happen) can be assumed to be equal to E/30, where E is the Young's modulus of the material. Assume y = 1 J/m’. Employ approximate Griffith analysis and assume plane stress conditions. (9 Marks) 7 Petermine the energy release rate for a DCB specimen through change in strain energy approach for constant load. (9 marks) A> Isthere a singularity in stress and displacement a the crack tip? (1 mark) “4, Draw the R-curve for a brittle material. (1 mark) i > Show that for the biharmonic equation is satisfied by the Westergaard solution for Mode-I case (10 Marks) oe iS ja a } i q ii + e s