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Development of Numerical Approaches to Predict Ductile and Cleavage Fracutre of Sturctural Materials

Zhang, Guihua
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1196174104

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Mechanical Engineering.
Numerical simulations mainly using finite element method are playing a more and more important role in prediction of fracture-induced failure for high performance structure. This thesis seeks to develop numerical approaches to predict ductile and cleavage fracture in structural materials. For ductile fracture, the discrete void approach reveals the failure mechanisms explicitly and is used to study the trends of fracture toughness. The porous continuum approach provides an effective means to predict extensive crack propagation. We consider the occurrence of material failure (void coalescence) as when localization of plastic flow takes place in the inter-void ligament and obtain the failure criterion as a function of the stress triaxiality ratio and the Lode angle. The Gologanu-Leblond Devaux (GLD) model, which accounts for the evolution of both void volume and void shape, is used to describe the porous plasticity behavior and is implemented into ABAQUS via a user subroutine. Numerical simulations are performed to predict extensive crack growth in ductile solids for a thin aluminum 2024-T3 plate and verified by successful predictions of crack extension in various specimens, including the multiple site damage specimens. The effect of stress triaxiality and Lode angle is further analyzed and the Xue- Wierzbicki fracture locus is employed as a criterion for void coalescence. Combination of GLD model and X-W fracture locus is then applied to a DH-36 steel with specimens experiencing a wide range of stress triaxiality and Lode angles at failure. The numerical simulation results agree very well with the experimental results. For cleavage fracture, a modified three parameter Weibull stress model is proposed and used to predict the fracture of A508 steel at three different temperatures. By integrating the Weibull stress model over the plastic process zone, the failure probability can be obtained and comparison is made with the experiment result. Issues addressed include calibration of the model parameters, introduction of a threshold parameter, dependencies of the model parameters on temperature, plastic strain effect and crack tip triaxiality effect, etc.
Xiaosheng Gao (Advisor)
118 p.
Engineering, Mechanical
FRACTURE; void; crack; specimens; Weibull stress

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  • Zhang, G. (2007). Development of Numerical Approaches to Predict Ductile and Cleavage Fracutre of Sturctural Materials [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1196174104

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zhang, Guihua. Development of Numerical Approaches to Predict Ductile and Cleavage Fracutre of Sturctural Materials. 2007. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1196174104.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zhang, Guihua. "Development of Numerical Approaches to Predict Ductile and Cleavage Fracutre of Sturctural Materials." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1196174104

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