Stress-strain state of an inclined elliptical defect in a plate under biaxial loading

The article describes the processing of the results of a series of experiments performed by the interference-optical method of holographic interferometry (holographic photoelasticity) aimed at computing the amplitude coefficients of the M. Williams series constituting the stress and displacement fields at the crack tip for several cracked configurations. The main objective of this study is the experimental and computational determination of the coefficients of the M. Williams series for the stress, strain and displacement fields associated with the crack tip in an isotropic linearly elastic medium taking into account regular (non-singular) terms in the multiparameter Williams series. These coefficients are named generalized stress intensity factors. The method of holographic interferometry is shown to be a convenient and efficacious tool for reconstructingthe stress field near the tip of the crack, because during the experiment it is possible to obtain two families of interference fringe patterns: absolute retardation fringes (isodromics) for vertical and horizontal polarizations. Experimental outcomes were thoroughly processed using the developed digital application allowing us to accumulate the isodromics orders and coordinates of points belonging to absolute retardations. In this work, absolute retardation fringes in a plate with a central horizontal crack and a crack inclined at different angles are obtained. For each type of experimental sample, the coefficients of the Williams series were calculated taking into account non-singular terms (in the representation of M. Williams, fifteen terms were preserved). A procedure for linearization of nonlinear algebraic equations following from the relations of Favres law is proposed. By solving the obtained overdeterministic system of linear algebraic equations, the generalized stress intensity factors (coefficients of the M. Williams series) are estimated. Conjointly, the finite element analysis of the specimens with same geometry was effectuated. The experimentally determined values of the Williams series are compared with the results of the finite element calculation of the stress-strain state performed in the SIMULIA Abaqus software.The results of the numerical and experimental studies were found to be quite consistent. It is lucidly shown that it is imperative to keep the higher order terms in the Williams seriesexpansions for the fields associated with the crack tip.

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Stress-strain state of an inclined elliptical defect in a plate under biaxial loading

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Multi-parameter description of the crack-tip stress field: Analytic determination of coefficients of crack-tip stress expansions in the vicinity of the crack tips of two finite cracks in an infinite plane medium

Multi-parameter description of the crack-tip stress field: Analytic determination of coefficients of crack-tip stress expansions in the vicinity of the crack tips of two finite cracks in an infinite plane medium

Application of holography method for the restoration of the Williams series near the crack tip

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