Effect of overload on crack closure in thick and thin specimens via digital image correlation

F Yusof, P Lopez-Crespo, P J Withers

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    Abstract

    The displacement field of compact tension (CT) specimens have been mapped by digital image correlation (DIC) local to growing fatigue cracks to study overload effects for plane stress and plane strain. We have extracted crack opening displacement (Delta COD) and stress intensity (K) determined by a Muskhelishvili fit to the crack tip displacement field to infer the closure load. In both cases a classical knee was observed upon unloading consistent with closure which disappeared during the accelerated growth following OL, before increasing during retardation. In both cases following OL the crack growth rate is perturbed for a distance similar to the plastic zone. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)17-24
    Number of pages8
    JournalInternational Journal of Fatigue
    Volume56
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

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