ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RATIO OF CRACK-LENGTH TO PLATE-WIDTH AND THE STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR OF A PLATE CONTAINING A SINGLE THROUGH-THE-THICKNESS EDGE CRACK

摘要

Failure characterization of fracture toughness of a plate containing a single through-the-thickness edge crack and subjected to a tensile stress is investigated. The relationship between the varying ratio of crack length to plate width and the stress intensity factor is examined and compared for elastic, elastic-plastic and nonlinear conditions. Using a numerical illustration, it was found that an increasing ratio increases the stress intensity factor and a decreasing ratio decreases the stress intensity factor regardless of the condition. Hence, the ratio of crack length to plate width can be used as a design parameter that affects the fracture toughness and as a tool of predicting condition for failure.