THE APPLICATION OF FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS TO THE STUDY OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL CRACKED BODIES

The increasing application of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics in the fields of fracture safe design and the investigation of structural failures has increased the need to determine stress intensity factors for practical structural configurations. The report presents a method of estimating stress intensity factors for two dimensional cracked bodies using finite element methods which will give results of sufficient accuracy for general engineering purposes and avoid the high costs associated with using larger computer systems. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  British Iron and Steel Research Association

  Metallurgy Department
  London SW1,   England 
• Authors:
  • Siday, S E
  • Roddis, R
  • Gray, I
• Publication Date: 1972-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cracking; Ductility; Finite element method; Fracture mechanics; Metals; Plasticity; Strength of materials; Stresses; Structural analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Crack propagation; Stress intensity factors
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Gbisra; Notch strength; Plastic theory
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046585
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MG/21/72
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1973 12:00AM