An improved semi-circular bend specimen for investigating mixed mode brittle fracture外文.pdf

Engineering Fracture Mechanics 78 (2011) 110–123 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Engineering Fracture Mechanics journal homepage: www. /locate/engfracmech An improved semi-circular bend specimen for investigating mixed mode brittle fracture M.R. Ayatollahi ⇑, M.R.M. Aliha, H. Saghafi Fatigue and Fracture Lab., Center of Excellence in Experimental Solid Mechanics and Dynamics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran 16846, Iran a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: An edge cracked semi-circular specimen subjected to asymmetric three-point bend loading Received 29 December 2009 was suggested for investigating mixed mode fracture in brittle materials. Using finite ele- Received in revised form 20 July 2010 ment analysis, the crack parameters were obtained for various crack lengths and different Accepted 11 October 2010 locations of loading points. It was shown that by selecting appropriate positions for the Available online 16 October 2010 loading points, full mode mixities from pure mode I to pure mode II could be achieved. Then, a series of fracture tests were conducted on PMMA using the proposed specimen. Keywords: Very good agreement was found between the experimental results and those predicted Mixed mode loading from the generalized maximum tangential stress criterion. Fini