Weight Functions and Stress Intensity Factor Solutions
Published on 16. September 1991
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-0-08-041702-8 (ISBN)
Description
An important element of work in fracture mechanics is the stress intensity factor - the characterizing parameter for the crack tip field in a linear elastic material; something reflected in its intense research over the last 30 years. The weight function method is one of the most reliable, versatile, and cost-effective methods of evaluating the stress intensity factors and crack opening displacements. This book provides a valuable account of the author's research in these fields. It has two aims: firstly to provide a theoretical background to the weight function method in fracture mechanics for accurate analysis of two-dimensional crack problems; and secondly, to provide a significant number of stress intensity factor solutions for practical cases. The result is an easy-to-use, accurate analytical method for analysing crack problems, an ideal reference source for graduate students, researchers, and engineers involved with the fracture and fatigue of materials and structures.
Reviews / Votes
Mitsunori Denda, Rutgers University, USA...the book is a hallmark of the authors' dedication on the research of the weight function method...and is a timely source of information for those researchers and engineers who need not only the stress intensity factors themselves but also reliable tools to obtain them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, references
ISBN-13
978-0-08-041702-8 (9780080417028)
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Content
Preface. User guide. Theoretical background and overview. A center crack in a finite rectangular plate. A center crack in a circular disc. Periodic array of collinear cracks in an infinite sheet. An edge crack in a semi-infinite plate. A single edge crack in a finite width plate. Double edge cracks in a finite width plate. Single edge crack in a square plate. Compact tension specimen. A single edge crack in a solid circular disc (cylinder). Multiple edge cracks in a solid circular disc (cylinder). An edge crack at a semi-circular notch in a finite plate. Radial crack(s) at a circular hole in an infinite plate. Radial crack(s) at a circular hole in a finite plate. Radial crack(s) in a circular ring (hollow cylinder). A circumferential crack in a pipe. Crack opening displacements and dugdale model solutions. References.Numerous illus.