Abstract
This paper presents transient and steady-state elastic-plastic-creep crack-tip stress fields under load-controlled loading conditions for a wide range of combinations of power-law plastic and creep materials. The crack-tip stress fields are characterized in terms of 2 parameters to accommodate the crack-tip constraint effect; the C(t)- (or C*-) integral and the βQ parameter (the Q-parameter normalized with respect to the proximity parameter to plastic collapse). For practical application, the crack-tip stress fields are re-formulated explicitly in terms of time and crack-tip stress fields for elastic-plastic and steady-state creep conditions. Comparison with detailed FE results for plane strain tension and bend specimens shows that this formulation of the crack-tip stress fields agrees well with finite element results.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 949-965 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Apr |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- crack-tip constraint
- crack-tip stress fields
- elastic-plastic-creep condition
- transient creep conditions
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering