Abstract
Stress intensity calculations are presented for cases of combined tensile and shear loading for a linear elastic material. Using functions of a complex variable, a theory is developed to determine the direction of maximum energy release rate. A finite element method using virtual crack extensions is also used to determine the energy release rate for crack extensions in various directions and in particular that which gives the maximum energy release rate.
Except when shear is more significant than tension, these results give good agreement with available experimental evidence. When shear is most significant, plasticity effects are probably becoming important, thereby invalidating the results of any linear theory. However, the results may still be used to determine K I and K II numerically from virtual crack extension calculations of J 1 and J 2 for general two-dimensional geometries.
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On présente des calculs de l'intensité des contraintes dans les cas de mises en charge combinée par traction et cisaillement d'un matériau redevable de la mécanique linéaire et élastique. En utilisant des fonctions d'une variable complexe, on développe une théorie pour la détermination de la direction du taux maximum de relaxation de l'énergie. Une méthode par éléments finis utilisant des extensions d'une fissure virtuelle est également employée pour déterminer le taux de relaxation de l'énergie correspondant à des extensions de la fissure dans des directions diverses et, en particulier, dans celle qui donne un taux de relaxation maximum de l'énergie.
A l'exception du cas où le cisaillement est significativement plus important que la traction, les résultats sont en bon accord avec les observations expérimentales. Lorsque le cisaillement est proportionnellement le plus significatif, les effets de la plasticité deviennent probablement importants, et rendent invalides les résultats de toute théorie élastique linéaire. Toutefois, la méthode peut être encore utilisée pour la détermination numérique de K I et K II au départ de calculs de J 1 et J 2 correspondant à une extension d'une fissure virtuelle dans des géométries bidimensionnelles.
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Hellen, T.K., Blackburn, W.S. The calculation of stress intensity factors for combined tensile and shear loading. Int J Fract 11, 605–617 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00116368
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00116368