Short crack growth behavior
- Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (United States). Materials Science and Technology Div.
- Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA (United States)
The authors have re-evaluated short crack growth behavior using concepts developed recently, and they show that these concepts provide a unified framework that can explain both short and long crack growth behavior without resorting to the crack closure effect. They consider that the behavior of long cracks, including the effects of load ratio, R, is fundamental. they had shown previously that, since fatigue is at least a two-parameter problem in that at least two load parameters are required for an unambiguous description, there are two critical driving forces required simultaneously for fatigue cracks to grow. In extending this analysis to the growth of short cracks, they reject the current notion of the lack of similitude for short cracks and express the similitude as a fundamental postulate that, for a given crack growth mechanism, equal crack tip driving forces result in equal crack growth rates. Short crack growth behavior confirms the concept that two parameters are required to define fatigue; consequently, for fatigue cracks to grow, two thresholds need to be satisfied simultaneously. The authors present examples from the literature to illustrate the concepts discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 544227
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950618-; TRN: IM9749%%179
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 27. ASTM symposium on fatigue and fracture mechanics, Williamsburg, VA (United States), 26-29 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Fatigue and fracture mechanics: 27. volume; Piascik, R.S.; Newman, J.C. Jr.; Dowling, N.E. [eds.]; PB: [650] p.; ASTM special technical publication 1296
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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