Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures · 1987 · 11 citations · 8 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceMechanical Behavior Of MaterialsPolymer EngineeringStructural MaterialsDamage MechanicsFatigueFracture MechanicsFracture PropagationStress-strain BehaviorBendingCrack ClosureCrack GrowthCrack Growth AnalysisFatigue BehaviourFatigue Crack GrowthFatigue Under BendingInterference
Abstract— The objective of this paper is to report fatigue crack growth and closure behavior for corner cracked holes. An optical interference technique is employed with transparent polymer specimens to determine the three‐dimensional crack surface displacement field. The local crack closure behavior is examined along the crack front under remote tension and pure bending conditions. It was observed that the crack opening loads along the hole and the free surface were significantly higher than the opening values at interior crack locations.
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