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The plastic zone ahead of a mode II plane strain crack

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The problem of a mode II plane strain crack in an elastic perfectly-plastic solid is analysed. It is shown that the elastic singular field for a crack cannot be matched with the near-tip field. Hence, the usual definition of small scale yielding is inappropriate. By matching the stress field in the plastic zone with the elastic dominant field for a blunt crack near the crack line at the elastic-plastic boundary, the elastic-plastic boundary ahead of the crack is determined.

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On analyse le problème d'une fissure de mode II en état de déformation plane dans un solide élastique parfaitement plastique. On montre que le champ singulier élastique relatif à une fissure ne peut être atteint par le champ régnant au voisinage de l'extrémité de la fissure considérée. Dès lors, la définition habituelle de l'écoulement platique à petite échelle n'est pas adéquate. On détermine la limite élastique-plastique en avant de la fissure en faisant se correspondre le champ de contraintes dans la zone plastique avec le champ principal élastique correspondant à une fissure arrondie située près de la ligne de la fissure.

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Guo, Q.X., Li, K. The plastic zone ahead of a mode II plane strain crack. Int J Fract 35, 153–159 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00019797

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