The theory of non-steady state fracture kinetics analysis—2: Non-steady state crack propagation in stress corrosion cracking

Autor: A. S. Krausz, J. Mshana, K. Krausz
Rok vydání: 1980
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Zdroj: Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 13:759-766
ISSN: 0013-7944
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(80)90007-7
Popis: The extension of the kinetics theory of thermally activated crack propagation to the analysis of non-steady state conditions leads to a series of n homogeneous linear first order differential equations. The theory is applied to Regions I and II of stress corrosion cracking, controlled by the cyclically repeating two-step consecutive energy barrier system of corrosion reaction and bond breaking. For the model the system of n differential equations representing the crack tip concentration distribution is reduced to three expressions. The analysis provides a means by which the existence and the duration of the transition state can be determined, a necessary information for both steady state and for high frequency stress corrosion fatigue tests.
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