Plastic Rotation Factors of Three-Point Bend and Compact Tension Specimens

Shang Xian Wu, Yiu Wing Mai, Brian Cotterell

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Abstract

Plastic rotation factors (rp) for three-point bend and compact tension specimens were obtained for a range of normalized crack depths (a/W) from 0.25 to 0.88 and power law hardening materials. The theoretical slip-line field solutions were used for non-strain hardening materials (i.e., n = ∞) and the Kumar-German-Shih finite element plastic displacement solutions for strain hardening materials (i.e., n < ∞) in these rp calculations. For crack depth a/W = 0.50, the factors rp are approximately independent of strain hardening if n > 5 and are in reasonable agreement with those values recommended by ASTM Subcommittee E24.08 for calculation of crack tip opening displacements in these two types of specimens. For n < 5 the error in rp becomes appreciably large.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)555-557
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Testing and Evaluation
Volume16
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 1988
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • compact tension specimen
  • crack tip opening displacement
  • plastic rotation factor
  • slip-line
  • strain hardening
  • three-point bend specimen

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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