NOTE ON THE USE OF A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR FAILURE PREDICTION USING RESISTANCE CURVES

The use of resistance curves in the prediction of catastrophic failure in a structure normally requires the determination of the point of tangency between the resistance curve and the applied stress intensity versus crack length curve evaluated for the failure stress. Since the failure stress is unknown a priori a number of interations or interpolations or both are necessary. This is often a cumbersome task. A simple procedure utilizing a transparency is presented which enables the critical stress intensity factor based on final crack length, the critical stress intensity factor based on initial crack length, and the failure stress to be found directly without iteration or interpolation.

  • Corporate Authors:

    American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

    100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700
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  • Authors:
    • Creager, M
  • Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

  • Pagination: p. 105-112

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00050153
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Engineering Index
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Spec Tech Pupl N527
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Nov 14 1973 12:00AM