Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10416310 | Engineering Fracture Mechanics | 2005 | 20 Pages |
Abstract
Calculation of J for cases where the proportional stressing condition cannot be satisfied is investigated. A modified J definition is derived and implemented into an ABAQUS post-processing program for both 2-D and axisymmetric problems. The modified J-integral is path independent for cases of proportional and non-proportional stressing. For cases with proportional stressing, the modified integral gives the same value as does the standard ABAQUS J function. It is also found that the modified J is equivalent to the stress intensity factor for a linear elastic material and provides a measure of the intensity of the crack-tip fields for non-linear elastic and elastic-plastic materials. The modified J formulation is applied to the case of a cylinder with an external circumferential crack under various load conditions.
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Authors
Y. Lei,