50, wil be treated as 28 5 jor and for equations written eg. Mpulsorly draw diagonal cross 2. Any reves ag of iden Important Note : 1. On compl=ing your answers, USN Time | | | 14CAE421 Fourth Semester M.Tech. Degree Examination, June/July 2017 Fracture Mechanics 3 hrs Max. Marks:100 Note: 1. Answer any FIVE full questions. 2. Missing data if any may be suitably assumed. Explain briefly, the sources of micro and macro cracks in materials. (06 Marks) List the various NDT methods used in fracture mechanics. Explain any two NDT methods if testing, (06 Marks) Derive an expression for the fracture strength of a brittle solid, containing an elliptical crack, using Griffith energy halanee criterion, (08 Marks) A flat plate with a through thickness crack subjected to 100 MPa, tensile test has a fracture toughness of 50 MPaym. Determine critical crack length in a plate. Also find critical energy release rate for the plate (Take E = 207 GPa). (06 Marks) Explain Airy’s stress function and complex-stress function (08 Marks) Write a note on effect of finite size in a cracked plate. (06 Marks) Derive an expression for Irwin's plastic zone correction, (07 Marks) Discuss the effect of thickness on fracture toughness. (07 Marks) A large plate of 5 mm thickness made of medium carbon stee! having 6, = 350 MPa with a though thickness central crack 2a = 40 mm is subjected to a stress of 150 MPa, determine effective crack length using Irwin's approach, (06 Marks) Explain the fracture toughness (Kc) test procedure for a SENB specimen. (08 Marks) Write short notes on: i) Non-linearity, ii) Applicability, iii) Estimation of SIT (12 Marks) Explain CTOD and J-integral with a neat sketch. (10 Marks) Write down the parameters affecting CTOD. (05 Marks) Explain tearing modulus. (05 Marks) Explain erack branching with a neat sketch (06 Marks) Explain the principle of crack arrest. (06 Marks) Explain: i) Crack arrest in practice, ii) Dynamic fracture toughness. (08 Marks) Briefly explain Paris law. (05 Marks) Discuss, briefly the factors affecting crack propagation (05 Marts) A edge crack on a large plate 1s 5.1 mm under a constant amplitude eyclic load having max = 310 MPa, Gmin = 172 MPa. If the plate is made of ferrite-pearlite steel, whose Kic = 169 MPa¥m and material constant, ¢ = 6.8 « 10°? and m = 3. Determine: i) Propagation life upto failure, ii) Propagation life if crack length is not allowed to exceed 2.5 mm. (10 Marks) Write short notes on: Fail-safe design Mixed-mode loading Importance of R-curve in fracture analysis Plastic constraint factor (20 Marks)