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ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS
Volume 115, Issue -, Pages 13-21Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2013.11.015
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Interfaces; Failure prediction; Finite element analysis; Fracture mechanics
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The manner in which a crack incident on an interface transitions between penetration across the interface and deflection along it has not been widely studied. This paper uses a stress-and-energy-based (cohesive-zone) method to show that at and near transition, competing process zones exist causing both applied load for propagation and transition toughness ratios to differ from energy-based-method predictions. This finding is supported through comparison to an LEFM solution for propagation of branching cracks. However, far from transition only a single significant process zone exists and the two methods are in agreement. Results are also provided for cases of modulus mismatch. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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