Energy Principle of Elastic-Plastic Fracture and Its Application to the Fracture Mechanics of a Polycrystalline Graphite

Autor: Michio Inagaki, Kazuhiro Urashima, Mototsugu Sakai
Rok vydání: 1983
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 66:868-874
ISSN: 1551-2916
0002-7820
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1983.tb11003.x
Popis: Utilizing loading-unloading procedures on the basis of nonlinear energy principles, an empirical method for evaluating the nonlinear fracture mechanics parameters, i.e. the nonlinear energy toughness Gc, the crack growth resistance R, the Jc value, and the plastic energy dissipation rate φp, was established. These parameters were experimentally determined for an isotropic polycrystalline graphite enabling the elastic-plastic fracture mechanics of graphite to he addressed. The graphite exhibits a typical elastic-plastic fracture with ×38% of the total fracture energy consumed as plastic energy. It was concluded that the widely used assumption of the applicability of linear elastic fracture mechanics to polycrystalline graphites can lead to erroneous results if the fracture tests are conducted with the usual specimen size. The proposed experimental method for evaluating elastic-plastic fracture parameters is potentially very effective for studying various nonlinear fractures in other ceramic materials.
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