Stress across an elastoplastic boundary of a mode I crack: Parabolic to hyperbolic plasticity transition
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1998
Abstract
In previous work, the stresses of a mode I elastic-plastic fracture mechanics problem were analytically continued across a prescribed elastoplastic boundary for plane stress loading conditions involving a linear elastic/perfectly plastic material obeying the Tresca yield condition. Immediately across the elastic-plastic boundary, a nonlinear parabolic partial differential equation governs the plastic stress field. The present solution deals with stresses extending beyond the parabolic region into the hyperbolic region of the plastic zone. This analytical solution is obtained through a tranformation of the original system of nonlinear partial differential equations into a linear system with constant coefficients. The solution, so obtained, is expressible in terms of elementary transcendental functions. It also exhibits a limiting line which passes through the crack tip. This feature of the solution suggests the formation of a plastic hinge in the material. © 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Publication Title
Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
Recommended Citation
Unger, D.
(1998).
Stress across an elastoplastic boundary of a mode I crack: Parabolic to hyperbolic plasticity transition.
Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics,
30(3), 195-208.
http://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8442(98)00056-1
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