Analytical and Experimental Study of Near-Threshold Interactions Between Crack Closure Mechanisms

Download or read book Analytical and Experimental Study of Near-Threshold Interactions Between Crack Closure Mechanisms written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The results of an analytical closure model that considers contributions and interactions between plasticity-, roughness-, and oxide-induced crack closure mechanisms are presented and compared with experimental data. The analytical model is shown to provide a good description of the combined influences of crack roughness, oxide debris, and plasticity in the near-threshold regime. Furthermore, analytical results indicate that closure mechanisms interact in a non-linear manner such that the total amount of closure is not the sum of closure contributions for each mechanism. Newman, John A. and Riddell, William T. and Piascik, Robert S. Langley Research Center NASA/TM-2003-211755, NAS 1.15:211755, L-18207, ARL-TR-2774