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Stress intensity factors for a crack in a sheet with a partially debonded stiffener

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A model is considered for a crack growing in the main sheet of a panel which has a continuously attached stiffener which is either partially debonded or partially cracked and debonded. The panel is modelled by two uniformly stressed, mutually perpendicular, infinite sheets each containing a crack perpendicular to and bisected by the line of intersection of the sheets; compatibility of displacements is maintained along the line of intersection of the sheets outside the debonded region. The determination of the stress intensity factor is reduced to the solution of a singular integral equation. Results are obtained as a function of relative crack length for various lengths of debonding and various relative stiffnesses.

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On considère un modèle décrivant la croissance d'une fissure dans la tôle principale d'un panneau comportant un raidisseur fixé de façon continue, qui présente soit un décollement, soit un décollement et une fissuration d'une de ses portions. Le panneau est représenté par deux tôles minces infinies, perpendiculaires l'une à l'autre et uniformément sollicitées. Chacune comporte une fissure perpendiculaire à la ligne d'intersection des tôles, et s'étendant de façon égale de part et d'autre de celle-ci. Les déplacements sont maintenus compatibles le long de la ligne de liaison des tôles et au dehors de la zône de décollement.

La détermination du facteur d'intensité des contraintes se réduit à la solution d'une équation d'intégrale singulière. Les résultats sont présentés en fonction de la longueur relative de la fissure, pour diverses longueurs de décollement et diverses raideurs relatives.

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Cartwright, D.J., Miller, M. Stress intensity factors for a crack in a sheet with a partially debonded stiffener. Int J Fract 11, 925–932 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00033838

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