A new technique for viewing deformation zones at crack tips

Autor: D. Hoeppner, D. E. Pettit, V. Danford
Rok vydání: 1971
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Zdroj: Experimental Mechanics. 11:280-283
ISSN: 1741-2765
0014-4851
DOI: 10.1007/bf02329040
Popis: A new technique has been developed to examine and view the deformation zone that occurs at a crack tip during loading. The technique, referred to as the “image-distortion technique”, is based on the optical distortion that results on a highly polished surface ahead of a crack when it is strained. The “image distortion” is a direct result of the thickness change occurring at the crack tip. While the technique was developed using monotonic loading, it is believed that it also will be applicable to cyclic-loading crack-tip studies. Additional studies are underway that will yield strain fields at the crack tip from the observed images of the deformation zones.
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