TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental investigation on ductile stable crack growth emanating from wire-cut notch in AISI 4340 steel
AU - Mourad, A. H.I.
AU - Alghafri, M. J.
AU - Abu Zeid, O. A.
AU - Maiti, S. K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Research Council at United Arab Emirates University under a contract no. 11-7-21/01.
PY - 2005/3
Y1 - 2005/3
N2 - An experimental investigation on the stable crack growth (SCG) behaviour in AISI 4340 using CT type specimen with a sharp slit (0.05 mm) under mode I and mixed modes (I and II) loading is presented. The slit was made in the specimen through wire cutting technique. Different combinations of loading angle φ and ratio of original crack length to specimen width (a0/W) are examined. Data concerned with direction of initial crack extension, load-load line displacement (L-LLD) diagrams, initiation and maximum loads, range of stable crack growth, crack tip blunting, crack front geometry, fracture surfaces and their scanning electron micrographs are obtained. A noticeable blunting effect is observed prior to crack initiation. Although the crack initiates from a straight front, a considerable front tunnelling effect occurs as the crack extends. Under mixed mode, the crack extension takes place initially almost along a straight path, inclined with the main crack. The loading angle and initial crack length affect the initiation (Pi) and maximum (P max) loads significantly, but the ratio between Pmax and Pi remains almost constant. The direction of initial stable crack extension due to mixed mode loading is determined throughout an elastic finite element analysis. There is a good agreement between the experimental and predicted results.
AB - An experimental investigation on the stable crack growth (SCG) behaviour in AISI 4340 using CT type specimen with a sharp slit (0.05 mm) under mode I and mixed modes (I and II) loading is presented. The slit was made in the specimen through wire cutting technique. Different combinations of loading angle φ and ratio of original crack length to specimen width (a0/W) are examined. Data concerned with direction of initial crack extension, load-load line displacement (L-LLD) diagrams, initiation and maximum loads, range of stable crack growth, crack tip blunting, crack front geometry, fracture surfaces and their scanning electron micrographs are obtained. A noticeable blunting effect is observed prior to crack initiation. Although the crack initiates from a straight front, a considerable front tunnelling effect occurs as the crack extends. Under mixed mode, the crack extension takes place initially almost along a straight path, inclined with the main crack. The loading angle and initial crack length affect the initiation (Pi) and maximum (P max) loads significantly, but the ratio between Pmax and Pi remains almost constant. The direction of initial stable crack extension due to mixed mode loading is determined throughout an elastic finite element analysis. There is a good agreement between the experimental and predicted results.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2004.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2004.10.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:31744444163
SN - 0029-5493
VL - 235
SP - 637
EP - 647
JO - Nuclear Engineering and Design
JF - Nuclear Engineering and Design
IS - 6
ER -