Study of anisotropic crack growth behavior for aluminum alloy 7050-T7451

Jun Cao, Fuguo Li, Xinkai Ma, Zhankun Sun

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Abstract

Hill's normalized plastic zone at crack tip under mode-I and mixed-mode loadings were studied in compact-tension-shear specimen. Effects of the parameters of Hill's criterion on the normalized plastic zone were analyzed. Moreover, the shapes of normalized plastic zones for distortional and total strain-energy-density were investigated. To analyze the crack growth behavior by different normalized plastic zones, fatigue crack growth tests of AA7050-T7451 were performed using digital image correlation technique. The initiation angle predicted by anisotropic R-criterion under mixed-mode loading is closest to experimental data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)98-112
Number of pages15
JournalEngineering Fracture Mechanics
Volume196
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2018

Keywords

  • Anisotropy
  • Compact-tension-shear specimen
  • Crack growth
  • Normalized plastic zone

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