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The asymptotic field at a dynamically growing crack tip in strain-rate sensitive elastic-plastic materials is investigated under anti-plane shear loading conditions. In the conventional viscoplasticity theory, the rate sensitivity is included only in the flow stress. However, it is often found that the yield strength is also affected by previous strain rates. The strain rate history effects in metallic solids are observed in strain rate change tests in which the flow stress decreases gradually after a rapid drop in strain rate. This material behavior may be explained by introducing the rate sensitivity in the hardening rule in addition to the flow rule. The strain-rate history effect is pronounced near the propagating crack where the change of strain rates take place. Effects of the rate dependency in the flow rule and the hardening rule on the crack propagation are analyzed. The order of the stress singularity in the asymptotic field is determined in terms of material parameters which characterize the rate sensitivity of the material. The results show that an elastic sector is present in the wake zone when the rate-dependency is considered only in the hardening rule. Terminal crack propagation speed is determined by applying the critical stress fracture criterion and the critical strain criterion to the asymptotic fields under the small scale yielding condition.
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Lee, Y.J. Dynamic asymptotic mode III crack tip field in rate dependent materials. Int J Fract 70, 125–145 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00034136
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