Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The effect of applied displacement rate on the observation of crack instability

  • Published:
International Journal of Fracture Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the effect of displacement rate on the load-displacement behavior of strain-rate insensitive materials upon crack propagation. It is shown that if a crack is being loaded continuously during its propagation the point of crack instability does not correspond to a sudden load-drop and indeed the load may continue to increase. This phenomenon results in a higher absorbed energy to fracture during rapid loading.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. A.A. Griffith, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A221 (1921) 163–197.

    Google Scholar 

  2. J.I. Bluhm, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 7 (1975) 593–604.

    Google Scholar 

  3. P.C. Paris, H. Tada, H. Ernst and A. Zahoor, in Elastic Plastic Fracture, American Society for Testing and Materials, Special Technical Publication 668 (1979) 5–36.

  4. A.S. Tetelman and A.J. McEvily, Fracture of Structural Materials, John Wiley and Sons, New York (1967).

    Google Scholar 

  5. M. Kanninen and C.H. Popelar, Advanced Fracture Mechanics, Clarendon Press, Oxford (1985).

    Google Scholar 

  6. S.T. Rolfe and J.M. Barsom, Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures-Applications of Fracture Mechanics, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1977).

    Google Scholar 

  7. V. Tvergaard and A. Needleman, International Journal of Fracture 37 (1988) 197–215.

    Google Scholar 

  8. P.C. Paris, H. Tada, H. Ernst and A. Zahoor, in Elastic Plastic Fracture, American Society for Testing and Materials, Special Technical Publication 668 (1979) 251–265.

  9. H. Tada, P.C. Paris and G.R. Irwin, The Stress Analysis of Cracks Handbook, Del Research Corporation (1973).

  10. F. Zia-Ebrahimi and G. Krauss, Acta Metallurgica 32 (1984) 1767–1777.

    Google Scholar 

  11. F. Zia-Ebrahimi, D.K. Matlock and G. Krauss, Scripta Metallurgica 16 (1982) 987–992.

    Google Scholar 

  12. F. Zia-Ebraimi, Ph.D. thesis No. T-2648, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado (1982).

  13. R.G. Davies and C.L. Magee, Transactions ASME, Journal of Engineering Materials Technology 97 (1975) 151–156 and 99 (1977) 47–53.

    Google Scholar 

  14. J.E. Hack, S.P. Chen and D.J. Srolovitz, Acta Metallurgica 37 (1989) 1957–1970.

    Google Scholar 

  15. A.T. Zehnder and A.J. Rosakis, International Journal of Fracture 43 (1990) 271–285.

    Google Scholar 

  16. R. Ochoa, T.P. Swiler and J.H. Simmons, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 128 (1990) 57–68.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Florida, 32611, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    F. Ebrahimi

Authors
  1. F. Ebrahimi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Ebrahimi, F. The effect of applied displacement rate on the observation of crack instability. Int J Fract 56, 61–73 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00042431

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00042431

Keywords

Search

Navigation