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Statistical character of the failure of multiphase materials due to high pressure water jet impingement

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In this study, fracture experiments on multiphase material samples have been carried out using high speed water jets. Based on fracture geometry measurements and on grain analyses it was found that the fracture of this type of materials by water jet impingement is a highly localized process at low pressure ranges. Beyond a critical pressure range of about 30 times the material's tensile strength a change in the material behaviour was observed. This result is in agreement with a theory suggested by Powell and Simpson. To explain the local character of the failure process, a simplified fracture model is introduced which resulted in a relation between a fracture probability parameter and the fracture width in the damaged materials.

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  1. WOMA Apparatebau GmbH, Germany

    A. W. Momber

  2. Feodor-Lynen Scholar of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, the University of Kentucky, Bonn, Germany

    A. W. Momber

  3. Center for Robotics and Manufacturing Systems, University of Kentucky, 40506, Lexington, KY, USA

    R. Kovacevic

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Momber, A.W., Kovacevic, R. Statistical character of the failure of multiphase materials due to high pressure water jet impingement. Int J Fract 71, 1–14 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00019338

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