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Elastic-plastic fracture analysis of notched Al 7075-T6 plates by means of the local energy combined with the equivalent material concept

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The main goal of the present research is to analyze tensile fracture in Al 7075-T6 thin plates weakened by blunt V-notches. For this purpose, first, 27 fracture tests are carried out on rectangular plates containing a central rhombic hole with two blunt V-shaped corners horizontally located. The experimental observations indicated that a plastic region initiates from the notch tip and grows as the tensile load monotonically increases, and finally, fracture happens suddenly with a significant opening of the notch tip. By showing significant plastic deformations around the notch tip and also inclined fracture planes, the specimens after fracture confirm well the ductile rupture in V-notched Al 7075-T6 plates. As the main experimental result, the load-carrying capacity of the notched plates corresponding to the onset of crack initiation from the notch tip is recorded. To theoretically predict the experimental results, the equivalent material concept is utilized together with the well-known brittle fracture criterion, namely the averaged strain energy density criterion. Without requiring elastic-plastic finite element analysis, it is shown that the combination of the averaged strain energy density and equivalent material concept is successful in predicting the load-carrying capacity of the V-notched Al 7075-T6 plates that fail by moderate-scale yielding regime.

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  1. Fracture Research Laboratory, Faculty of New Sciences & Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, 13741-4395, Iran

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    F. Berto

  3. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, 35131, Italy

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Original Text © A.R. Torabi, F. Berto, A. Campagnolo, 2016, published in Fizicheskaya Mezomekhanika, 2016, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 15-23.

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Torabi, A.R., Berto, F. & Campagnolo, A. Elastic-plastic fracture analysis of notched Al 7075-T6 plates by means of the local energy combined with the equivalent material concept. Phys Mesomech 19, 204–214 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1029959916020144

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