Applied Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering; Condensed Matter Physics; General Materials Science
Abstract :
[en] The mini-CT specimen, as one of the geometries that offers significant advantages, attracts the attention from all over the world for application to fracture toughness measurement. However, one of the shortcomings of this geometry is related to the required tight accuracy of the specimen dimensions, inparticular the fatigue pre-crack curvature which often violates the requirements of the ASTM standards. Given the limited thickness of mini-CT geometry, a non-uniform pre-crack tends to develop during fatigue pre-cracking, resulting in a large proportion of mini-CT specimens being considered invalid. Previous investigations have demonstrated that mini-CT specimens with excessive crack front curvature can still provide meaningful fracture toughness results. In this paper, the effect of pre-crack front non-uniformity on ductile fracture is studied: first, the difference of macro parameters such as the applied load, J-integral and crack tip stress-strain field are investigated to illustrate the varying fracture behavior related to non-uniform pre-crack. Next, two micro-mechanical-based approaches, the Rice-Tracey void growth model and Thomason void coalescence model, are integrated to compare the ductile fracture initiation conditions associated with uniform and non-uniform fatigue pre-crack. Finally, the experimental verification of the ductile fracture simulations is performed for mini-CT specimens with uniform and 30° tilted initial cracks. The results indicate that the pre-crack non-uniformity plays a major role in the redistribution of local J-integral and stress-strain state, further affects the position of crack initiation and the way of crack propagation. Nevertheless, the pre-crack non-uniformity has limited effect on the global properties that are usually expected from fracture toughness tests, such as applied load, J-R curve and critical fracture toughness. The requirements in the ASTM E1820 regarding pre-crack front curvature is believed to need to be relaxed.
Disciplines :
Mechanical engineering Energy
Author, co-author :
Li, Meng
Chaouadi, Rachid
Noels, Ludovic ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Computational & Multiscale Mechanics of Materials (CM3)
Uytdenhouwen, Inge
Lambrecht, Marlies
Pardoen, Thomas
Language :
English
Title :
Effect of pre-crack non-uniformity for mini-CT geometry in ductile tearing regime
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 126 (2023) 103946, doi: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2023.103946
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