A micromechanical model for cleavage-crack reinitiation |
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Authors: | A R Rosenfield and B S Majumdar |
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Affiliation: | (1) Battelle Memorial Institute, 43201 Columbus, OH |
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Abstract: | A crack-tip screening analysis of cleavage fracture of steel is developed. The analysis incorporates evidence that reinitiation
of an arrested cleavage crack requires less stress intensity than cleavage initiation from a fatigue precrack. Fractographic
evidence as well as metallographic sectioning of arrested cracks have previously shown that the mechanism of rapid crack propagation
by cleavage is affected strongly by partial crack-plane deflection which leaves unbroken ligaments in its wake. The tearing
of these ligaments by dimple rupture is the dominant energy-absorbing mechanism. Earlier etch-pit experiments using an Fe-Si
alloy showed that the crack-tip stress intensity based on plastic zone size is extremely low. These observations are incorporated
into a model in which cleavage crack reinitiation is analyzed using a sharp crack that is shielded by a distribution of pinching
forces along its faces. During reloading of the arrested crack, the ligaments restrict crack-tip blunting, leading to higher
local stresses. As a result, lower stress intensities are needed for reinitiation than for initiation from a fatigue precrack. |
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