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Effect of arbitrary bi‐material combination and bending loading conditions on stress intensity factors of an edge interface crack

Kazuhiro Oda (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan)
Xin Lan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan)
Nao‐Aki Noda (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan)
Kengo Michinaka (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan)

International Journal of Structural Integrity

ISSN: 1757-9864

Article publication date: 16 November 2012

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to compute the stress intensity factors (SIFs) of single edge interface crack for arbitrary material combinations and various relative crack lengths, and compare with those for the bonded plates subjected to tensile loading conditions. It aims to discuss the results of the shallow edge interface crack on the basis of the singular stress near the free‐edge corner without the crack.

Design/methodology/approach

In this study, the SIFs of interface crack in dissimilar bonded plates subjected to bending loading conditions are analyzed by the finite element method and a post‐processing technique. The use of post‐processing technique of extrapolation reduces the computational cost and improves the accuracy of the obtained result.

Findings

The empirical expressions are proposed for evaluating the SIFs of arbitrary material combinations.

Originality/value

Empirical functions can be used to obtain the SIFs for arbitrary material combinations for the bending loading conditions easily. It is very convenient for engineering application.

Keywords

Citation

Oda, K., Lan, X., Noda, N. and Michinaka, K. (2012), "Effect of arbitrary bi‐material combination and bending loading conditions on stress intensity factors of an edge interface crack", International Journal of Structural Integrity, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 457-475. https://doi.org/10.1108/17579861211281236

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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