The essential work of fracture and JR curves for the double cantilever beam specimen : an examination of elastoplastic crack propagation

• Main Authors: Atkins, A. G., Chen, Zhong, Cotterell, Brian
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95332; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8216
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The propagation of a crack in a double-cantilever beam (DCB) geometry where there is extensive remote plastic flow both preceding and accompanying fracture is analysed. Experiments show that there is an appreciable path dependence in load-deflection-crack length behaviour because of the remote resid...