ON TOUGHENING BY MICROCRACKS

被引:57
作者
Shum, David K. M. [1 ]
Hutchinson, John W. [1 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Div Appl Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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10.1016/0167-6636(90)90032-B
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
This study examines the phenomenon of macrocrack toughening under the premise that toughening must entail mutual shielding of the main crack and the microcracks Maximum toughening corresponds to the macrocrack/microcrack configuration that minimizes the maximum energy release rate (or stress intensity factor) among the vinous crack tips Explicit results for the maximum toughening achievable and the corresponding optimal configuration are presented for a plane strain model of a macrocrack m the presence of either one or two microcracks
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