Analysis of the thermodynamic conditions for brittle fracture

Abstract

The analysis of the thermodynamic conditions for brittle fracture is given for the two known models of an isolated defect. In the first model the stresses on the external surface of the solid remain the same as before and after formation of a defect. In the second model the displacements on the external surface of the solid at a defect formation remain the same as in the solid without a defect. It is shown that the first model in the isothermal case of deformation leads to Griffith condition and the second model leads to the other proposed energy condition of fracture which, unlike the Griffith condition, contains an increment of the entropy component of the internal energy which is not zero in a general case. To cite this article: