Abstract
This paper develops a fracture mechanics model of the impact endurance of graphite. The model, based on crack growth, defines the probability of failure for a material with an inherent flaw variability, subjected to repeated impacts of different magnitude chosen randomly from an applied stress distribution. A special experiment was mounted on a particular graphite to test the general model. The predicted performance using the model gave a good description of the experimental behaviour. The relatively small differences observed are attributed to statistical uncertainties associated with both the experiment and the data on which the model is based. © 1985.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 645-653 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Carbon |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 1985 |
Keywords
- fatigue
- fracture
- Graphite
- impact