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Plastic zones generated by cracks growing under load

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Abstract

Preliminary results are reported, describing experiments in which a slot is cut into a specimen under load. Under plane stress conditions this procedure produces a very diffuse plastic zone while under plane strain conditions a multiple series of hinge-type zones is formed. These results are contrasted with the behavior of specimens which are loaded after the slots are cut in. It is suggested that the differences are due to redistribution of stresses resulting from formation of the plastic zone.

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On rapporte les résultans préliminaires d'expériences consistant à couper une fente dans un spécimen sous charge. En cas d'efforts plans, cc procédé engendre une zone plastique très diffuse; en cas de distortions planes, une série multiple de zones a charnières se forme. On oppose ces résultans au comportement de specimens soumis à une charge une fois les fentes faites. On suggère que les differences sont dues a la redistribution d'efforts résultant de la formation de la zone plastique.

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Den berichteten vorläufigen Versuchsergebnissen gemäss wurde ein Schlitz in ein belastetes Probestück geschnitten. In dem ebenen Spapnungszustand bring dieses Verfahren eine sehr diffuse plastische Zone hervor, während in dem ebenen Verzehrungszustand eine veilfache Reihe Scharnierartiger Zonen gestaltet wird. Die Ergebnisse werden dem Verhalten von Probestücken, die nach dem Schlitzschneiden belastet werden, gegenüberstellt. Es wird angedeutet, dass die Unterschiede auf die Spannungsneuverteilung, die von der Bildung der plastischen Zone verursacht wurde, zuriickzufiihren sind.

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Hahn, G.T., Rosenfield, A.R. Plastic zones generated by cracks growing under load. Int J Fract 4, 79–88 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00188935

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