Abstract
Dynamic crack propagations in PMMA and epoxy specimens were studied using the method of caustics in combination with a Cranz-Schardin type high-speed camera. Single-edge-cracked tensile specimens were fractured under pin-loading conditions so that cracks could experience acceleration, deceleration and re-acceleration stages in one fracture process. The dynamic stress intensity factor KID, crack velocity ȧ and acceleration ä were evaluated in the course of crack propagation to examine the effects of ȧ and ä on KID. Results showed that ȧ and ä were important factors in changing the values of KID, and for a constant ȧ the decelerating crack had a larger value of KID than the accelerating or re-accelerating crack. Also, it was found that KID could be expressed as two parametric functions of ȧ and ä for PMMA and epoxy specimens.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 305-313 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | International Journal of Fracture |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1997 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computational Mechanics
- Modelling and Simulation
- Mechanics of Materials
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