Dynamic growth of a central crack in an orthotropic material
- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
The dynamic growth of a central crack in an orthotropic composite plate is investigated using the techniques of Fourier and Laplace transforms. The crack tips propagate symmetrically along one of the principal axes of the material. Complete contour integrations are carried out in the evaluation of the Laplace inversion integrals. For the crack tips running at a constant speed, exact expressions for the dynamic crack shape and the dynamic stress distribution with singularities in the crack plane are obtained in terms of the anisotropic material constants and the crack speed. The dynamic expressions are evaluated numerically by using graphite/epoxy and glass/epoxy composites and an isotropic material as illustrative examples. The dynamic solution reduces to the static solution at zero crack speed. During crack propagation, the deviation between dynamic and static solutions is governed by dynamic correction factors which are nondimensional functions of the ratios among anisotropic material constants and the ratio of crack speed to shear-wave speed. Values of these dynamic factors are obtained for a large range of crack speed. The dynamic stress intensity factor vanishes at the corresponding Rayleigh wave speed.
- OSTI ID:
- 175187
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950686-; TRN: 95:006111-0107
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Joint applied mechanics and materials summer meeting, Los Angeles, CA (United States), 28-30 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of AMD - MD `95: Summer conference; PB: 520 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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