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CIEM 5240 HOMEWORK 2

Due: 12 Nov. 2013
1. A type of steel has a K
Ic
value of 66 MPa m and yielding stress,
ys
o , of 400 MPa. The
specimen is a plate with very large size and a central crack.
a) If the allowed stress in the material is half of its yielding stress, what will be the
corresponding allowed crack length.
b) Plot the stress,
yy
o , distribution along u = 0
o
, 45
o
and 90
o
with the conditions in a);
c) Calculate the length of yielding zone in front of crack tip (u = 0
o
) and then plot the
yy
o distribution along u = 0
o
;
d) For a crack length of 1.25 mm, what will be the allowed stress value?
2. In fracture mechanics, the stress intensity factor is defined as:
)
b
a
( f a K
I
t o =
where )
b
a
( f is a geometrical function. It depends on crack length, a, the size of specimen and
loading pattern. For a plate specimen with an edge crack loaded by uniaxial tension as shown
in Fig. 1, the expression of )
b
a
( f is
4 3 2
39 30 72 21 55 10 231 0 12 1
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b
a
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b
a
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b
a
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b
a
. .
b
a
f
where b is the width of the specimen.


o
a
o
b

Fig. 1 A plate with an edge crack under uniaxial tension

For 100 = o MPa, calculate the K
I
values with a=20 mm, 10 mm, and 0.2 mm and b=200 mm.
2

3. Consider a crack located in parallel to the edge of a thin semi-infinite plate. The edge of the plate
is loaded by a concentrated force, P, as shown in the figure. The thickness of the plate is b.
Determine an approximation for the stress intensity factor of the configuration.
Hint: The solid part above the crack can be considered as a beam under concentred load.
a a
h
h<<a
P

Fig. 2 A crack located in parallel to the edge of a thin semi-infinite plate

4. Derive the expression of E

( )
t b C
g Sa
E
i
2
0 2 0
6 o
=

from the equation of
( )
0 2
0
4
o
o
g
E
a
CMOD
c
c
=

where t is beam thickness and b is beam height (self weight of the beam can be ignored).

5. Consider the information for a penny-shaped crack provided on the following sheet,
(a) determine K
I
for a penny-shaped crack loaded by normal tensile stress o

over the area of
b<r<a by using the K
I
provided in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4;
(b) Suppose the yield stress of the materials is o
ys
, compute the length of the plastic zone
under the uniform tensile stress over the total area of the crack according to Dugdale model.














a KI t o
t
2
=

Fig. 3 A penny-shaped crack under tensile stress over all the area
a
3









































)
2
(
2
2
b a a
a
K
I
=
t
o

Fig. 4 A penny-shaped crack under tensile stress only in the area of r<b
b b
a a
o