,Problems of Fracture Mechanics
and Fatigue
A Solution Guide
Edited by
E.E. GDOUTOS
Democritus University ofThrace,
Xanthi, Greece
C.A. RODOPOULOS
Materials Research Institute,
Sheffield Hallam University,
Sheffield, United Kingdom
J.R. YATES
University of Sheffield,
Sheffield, United Kingdom
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
, Table of Contents
Editor's Preface on Fracture Mechanics xix
Editors Preface on Fatigue xxiii
List of Contributors XXV
PART A: FRACTURE MECHANICS
1. Linear Elastic Stress Field
Problem 1: Airy Stress Function Method 3
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Problem 2: Westergaard Method for a Crack Under Concentrated Forces 11
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Problem 3: Westergaard Method for a Periodic Array of Cracks Under
Concentrated Forces 17
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Problem 4: Westergaard Method for a Periodic Array of Cracks Under
Uniform Stress 21
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Problem 5: Calculation of Stress Intensity Factors by the Westergaard Method 25
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Problem 6: Westergaard Method for a Crack Under Distributed Forces 31
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Problem 7: Westergaard Method for a Crack Under Concentrated Forces 33
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Problem 8: Westergaard Method for a Crack Problem 39
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Problem 9: Westergaard Method for a Crack Subjected to Shear Forces 41
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Problem 10: Calculation of Stress Intensity Factors by Superposition 45
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Problem 11: Calculation of Stress Intensity Factors by Integration 49
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Problem 12: Stress Intensity Factors for a Linear Stress Distribution 53
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Problem 13: Mixed-Mode Stress Intensity Factors in Cylindrical Shells 57
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Problem 14: Photoelastic Determination of Stress Intensity Factor K1 63
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Problem 15: Photoelastic Determination of Mixed-Mode Stress Intensity
Factors K1 and Kn 65
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Problem 16: Application of the Method of Weight Function for the
Determination of Stress Intensity Factors 69
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2. Elastic-Plastic Stress Field
Problem 17: Approximate Determination of the Crack Tip Plastic Zone
for Mode-l and Mode-ll Loading 75
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Problem 18: Approximate Determination of the Crack Tip Plastic Zone
for Mixed-Mode Loading 81
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Problem 19: Approximate Determination of the Crack Tip Plastic Zone
According to the Tresca Yield Criterion 83
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Problem 20: Approximate Determination of the Crack Tip Plastic Zone
According to a Pressure Modified Mises Yield Criterion 91
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Problem 21: Crack Tip Plastic Zone According to Irwin's Model 95
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Problem 22: Effective Stress Intensity factor According to Irwin's Model 99
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