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Fracture parameters for interfacial cracks: an experimental-finite element study of crack tip fields and crack initiation toughness

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Crack tip measurements and analysis of interfacial parameters for PMMA-aluminum bimaterial system are presented. A variety of crack tip mode-mixities are obtained by subjecting asymmetric four-point-bend specimens to different boundary loads. The crack tip fields are mapped using the optical method of Coherent Gradient Sensing (CGS). The complex stress intensity factors and the associated crack tip mixities (ψ) are measured from CGS fringe patterns. The asymptotic expansion field for interface cracks is used for extracting fracture parameters by accounting for higher order contributions to the experimental data. The measurements are compared with complementary finite element computations. A linear relationship between crack tip mixity and the applied load mixity is experimentally demonstrated in this large elastic mismatch system. The fracture load and hence the energy release rate G cr (ψ) at crack initiation is measured as applied load mixities are varied. Limited discussion on the influence of surface roughness prior to bonding on the fracture toughness is included. Positive and negative shear on the crack plane produce different failure responses in this bimaterial system and the observed asymmetry is akin to the one predicted by the T&H model that includes crack tip nonlinearty.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, 36849, Auburn, Alabama, USA

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Xu, L., Tippur, H.V. Fracture parameters for interfacial cracks: an experimental-finite element study of crack tip fields and crack initiation toughness. Int J Fract 71, 345–363 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00037814

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