Effect of bending moment on the dynamic fracture of a beam or plate under tensile loading Article

Levy, C. (1983). Effect of bending moment on the dynamic fracture of a beam or plate under tensile loading . ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, 18(1), 39-48. 10.1016/0013-7944(83)90094-2

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  • Levy, C

authors

abstract

  • The dynamic fracture response of a long beam of brittle elastic material under tensile loading is studied. If the magnitude of the applied loading is increased to a critical value, a crack is assumed to propagate across the beam cross section. As an extension of previous work, an induced bending moment generated during fracture is incorporated into the analysis and this improved formulation is presented. The crack length, crack tip speed, axial force and bending moment on the fracturing section are determined as functions of time after crack initiation. It is found that the bending moment has a significant effect on the fracture process in that it tends to retard fracture and causes a drastic change in the slope of the loading curve for large crack depths. Finally, by appropriate change of the elastic modulus, the results may be applied to plane strain fracture of a plate in pure tensile loading. © 1983.

publication date

  • January 1, 1983

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start page

  • 39

end page

  • 48

volume

  • 18

issue

  • 1