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Intro Fracture Mechanics PDF
Intro Fracture Mechanics PDF
Fracture Mechanism
Fracture Toughness
Even though the causes of failure and the behavior of materials may be
known, prevention of failures is difficult to guarantee.
The usual causes are improper materials selection and processing and
inadequate design of the component or its misuse.
characteristic
cup-and-cone
shape of ductile
fracture
initial cavity cavity crack
necking formation coalescence propagation
(in shear)
Ductile Fracture
Ductile fracture is preceded by extensive plastic
deformation
Ductile fracture is caused due to growth and
coalescence of voids (at the sites of inclusion)
Ductile fracture is a slow process , gives enough
precaution before catastrophic failure
Ductile fracture usually follows transgranular path
If the density of inclusion are more along grain Intragranular
(Transgranular)
Intergranular
For engineering materials, two fracture modes are possible: ductile and
brittle. Classification is based on the ability of a material to experience
plastic deformation.
“Ductile” and “brittle” are relative terms; whether a particular fracture is one
mode or the other depends on the situation.
Example
FRACTURE MECHANICS