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Deformation at the
Crack Tip & Irwins
Model
-----------------------Winston
Raj-------------------------------------------PR15ME4005---------------------
Mises yield
criterion
Tresca yield
criterion
Mises yield
criterion
Tresca yield
criterion
For
38.9 &
v=1/3
Approximate Approach
The length of the
1
2
3
3
=
=
=
=
22
22
0
(for plane stress)
v (1 + 2) = 2v 22
(for plane strain)
r=
Rearranging, we have
KI = (2 )1/2
ys
ys
On solving, we obtain
=
The overall plastic zone size becomes,
rp = 2 =
The effective crack length is given by,
aeff = a + = a + = a +
------------------------------------ Irwins
--- correction to the plane strain case is useful to
determine the plastic zone size.
Due to the plastic deformation the crack tip becomes rounded
or blunts. Since, the crack tip acts as a free surface, 11 is
released to zero.
The effect of release of 11 is felt for some distance on X-axis
beyond the crack tip.
Irwin found that failure stress is no longer 3 but is closer to
which may be taken as . Then, the plastic zone size for the
plane strain becomes
r=
= ys
For an experimental determination of KIC of material, plane
strain conditions are assured by taking plate thickness to be
much thicker than the plastic zone. In fact, it is chosen to be
more than 25 times of the plastic zone size and therefore, the
ASME codes require
B 2.5
Thank you.