THE EMISSION OF RAYLEIGH WAVES FROM BRITTLE FRACTURE INITIATION, AND THE POSSIBLE EFFECT OF THE REFLECTED WAVES ON CRACK ARREST

Autor: C. Thaulow, W. Burget
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures. 13:327-346
ISSN: 1460-2695
8756-758X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1990.tb00605.x
Popis: — The pop-in initiation and arrest behaviour in weldments of a structural steel, have been characterized with acoustic emission measurements. It was found that strong Rayleigh waves radiate from the crack tip in a preferred direction. Literature examinations and reanalysis of previous crack arrest test results, clearly indicate that the Rayleigh waves will be reflected back from edges on the crack surface and cause a crack closure effect upon arrival at the running crack tip. The phenomenon is tentatively called AUTOARREST (automatic arrest caused by release of stress waves from the crack itself).
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