Rapid parametric analysis of SEN(T) specimens using algorithmic modelling Evaluation of strain energy density and notch stress intensity factors》.pdf

Materials and Design 85 (2015) 771–777 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Materials and Design journal homepage: www. /locate/jmad Rapid parametric analysis of SEN(T) specimens using algorithmic modelling: Evaluation of strain energy density and notch stress intensity factors N.O. Larrosa a,⁎, M. Treifi b, R.A. Ainsworth b a School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom b School of Mechanical, Aerospace Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The aim of this paper is to present a methodology to rapidly evaluate the strain energy density (SED) and the Received 6 February 2015 notch stress intensity factor (NSIF) of a wide range of sharp V-notched SEN(T) specimens. A dislocation based Received in revised form 6 June 2015 method is used to find the solution of the boundary value problem. As a post-processing stage, computation of Accepted 26 June 2015 the local strain energy density over a circular sector surrounding the point of singularity is performed. NSIFs Available online 10 July 2015 are then assessed by means of the strain energy approach (SEA) for several opening angles and specimen widths. Keywords: Comparisons of local strain energy results with full-term solutions obtained by finite element analysis (FEA) are Distributed dislocation technique (DDT)