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THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FRACTURE MECHANICS
Volume 62, Issue -, Pages 26-33Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2013.01.003
Keywords
Crack; Finite Element method; Anti-plane loading; Plate; Linear elasticity; Coupled fracture mode
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The 3D Finite Element method is applied to mixed fracture under anti-plane loading of a straight through-the-thickness crack in a linear elastic plate. This coupled fracture mode represents one of three-dimensional phenomena, which are currently largely ignored in numerical simulations and failure assessment of structural components weakened by cracks. It arises due to the boundary conditions on the plate free surfaces, which negate the transverse shear stress components corresponding to classical mode III. Instead, a new singular stress state in addition to the well-known 3D corner singularity is generated. This singular stress state (or coupled fracture mode) can affect or contribute significantly to the fracture initiation conditions. The coupled singular mode exists even if the applied anti-plane loading produces no singularities (K-III = 0). In this case there is a strong thickness effect on the intensity of the coupled fracture mode. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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