Stress intensity factors and crack opening areas for axial through cracks in hollow cylinders under internal pressure loading

1986 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ehlers
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Stress Intensity Factors ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Pressure Loading ◽  
Intensity Factors ◽  
Hollow Cylinders

Analysis of Surface Flaw in Pressure Vessels by a New 3-Dimensional Alternating Method

1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Nishioka ◽  
S. N. Atluri
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Stress Intensity Factors ◽  
Surface Crack ◽  
Crack Surface ◽  
Pressure Vessels ◽  
Pressure Loading ◽  
Intensity Factors ◽  
Alternating Method ◽  
Magnification Factors

An alternating method, in conjunction with the finite element method and a newly developed analytical solution for an elliptical crack in an infinite solid, is used to determine stress intensity factors for semi-elliptical surface flaws in cylindrical pressure vessels. The present finite element alternating method leads to a very inexpensive procedure for routine evaluation of accurate stress intensity factors for flawed pressure vessels. The problems considered in the present paper are: (i) an outer semi-elliptical surface crack in a thick cylinder, and (ii) inner semi-elliptical surface cracks in a thin cylinder which were recommended for analysis by the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (Section III, App. G, 1977). For each crack geometry of an inner surface crack, seven independent loadings, such as internal pressure loading on the cylinder surface and polynomial pressure loadings from constant to fifth order on the crack surface, are considered. From the analyses of these loadings, the magnification factors for the internal pressure loading and the polynomial influence functions for the polynomial crack surface loadings are determined. By the method of superposition, the magnification factors for internally pressurized cylinders are rederived by using the polynomial influence functions to check the internal consistency of the present analysis. These values agree excellently with the magnification factors obtained directly. The present results are also compared with the results available in literature.

Interface Crack in a Three-Phase Composite Constitutive Model

1991 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 428-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Luo ◽  
Y. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Interface Crack ◽  
Stress Intensity Factors ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Complex Stress ◽  
Intensity Factors ◽  
Reinforced Composite ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Shaped Crack

An arc-shaped crack in fiber-reinforced composite material is the subject of this paper. A three-phase composite cylinder is taken as the material model to take into account the effect of surrounding fibers. Using Muskhelishvili’s complex variable method, an exact elastic solution is derived based on the conventional crack opening assumption. The complex stress intensity factors for the interface crack, in the sense defined by Hutchinson, Mear, and Rice, are determined. Some numerical examples are given. It is shown that, as the volume concentration of the fiber is increased, the magnitude of the complex stress intensity factors varies considerably.

Part-Elliptical Cracks Emanating From Open and Loaded Holes in Plates

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Kullgren ◽  
F. W. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Stress Intensity Factors ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Plate Thickness ◽  
Hole Diameter ◽  
Elastic Analysis ◽  
Intensity Factors ◽  
Linear Elastic ◽  
Elliptical Cracks

A linear elastic analysis using the finite element-alternating method is conducted for problems of single semi-elliptical and double quarter-elliptical cracks near fastener holes. Mode-one stress intensity factors are presented along the crack periphery for cases of open and loaded holes and crack opening displacements are calculated. Results are shown for a variety of crack geometries and loading conditions and for two ratios of hole diameter to plate thickness.

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