On the Size and Shape of the Process Zone

Authors

A. Neimitz, Michigan Technological University
Elias C. Aifantis, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1987

Department

Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Abstract

We discuss a procedure for determining the size and shape of the process zone in an elastoplastic material. The basic features of Rice-Johnson elastoplastic analysis are utilized together with a linear distribution of the process zone forces and the smooth closure condition for the process zone faces. Three different methods are adopted for the calculation: one based on the elimination of the plastic singularity at the crack tip, another on the balance of energy at the onset of crack motion, and the third on an expression for the crack opening angle. Numerical results pertaining to these calculations are listed.

Publisher's Statement

© 1987

Publication Title

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Recommended Citation

Neimitz, A., & Aifantis, E. C. (1987). On the Size and Shape of the Process Zone. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 26(4), 491-503. http://doi.org/10.1016/0013-7944(87)90093-2
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