Fracture geometrical factors

The crack detection limit for a device that inspects steel structural beams is 3 mm. A structural steel with a fracture toughness of 60 MPa m° has no detectable surface cracks. Assume a geometric factor of unity to determine ... 

The ratio of the toughness for ALF/epoxy to that for CF/epoxy was about two, and this ratio remained constant without respect to the fracture mode and test environment. This ratio was correlated to geometrical factors such as the thickness of the resin rich region at the prepreg interface. 

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By fractographic inspection fracture [20, 21] origins within the volume (inclusions) were found in 3 specimens. In the other 27 specimens no clear evidence for the type of fracture origin was found. It is assumed that all flaws are small surface flaws, i,e. their geometric factor is F = 1.12. 

There is, however, no generally accepted theory for predicting the brittle-ductile transition or relating it to other properties of the polymer, although for some polymers it is closely related to the glass transition. The type of failure is also affected by geometrical factors and the precise nature of the stresses applied. Plane-strain conditions, under which one of the principal strains is zero, which are often found with thick samples, favour brittle fracture. Plane-stress conditions, xmder which one of the principal stresses is zero, which are often found with thin samples, favour ductile fracture. The type of starting crack or notch often deliberately introduced when fracture behaviour is examined can also have an important effect ... 

In this equation Ic denotes the fracture toughness of the scale,/denotes a geometrical factor which is equal to one if the physical defect leading to failure is embedded in the scale, qx is the Young s modulus of the scale, and c denotes the size of the physical defect (pore, flaw, microcrack, etc.) and is equal to the radius of the defect if it is an embedded defect or equal to the length if it is a surface defect. Applying this equation to data from the literature leads to the critical strains plotted in Fig. 2-23 as a function of the physical defect size for different common oxides. 

For many ceramic materials, the ratio JQ/oy is of the order 1/100 /Tn. If a fracture starts in the interior of the component, the geometric correction factor for a pennyshaped crack (7 = 2/jt) can be used to calculate the corresponding Griffith crack size, giving a typical 80 pm. The size of critical flaws reflects the state of the art in... 

In this chapter, the fracture of WPCs as particle-filled polymer composites was elaborated. The characterization of particulate polymer composites fracture behavior and the influencing factors such as particle size as well as orientation, temperature, and loading were discussed. The fracture observation using special setup was described and the diverse numerical methods to analyze the fracture of such composites were reviewed. Finally the finite element simulation of the fracture for WPG specimen with real geometrical model was conducted and the agreement of results compared to the experimental ones was demonstrated. 

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