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Residual strength predictions with crack buckling
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Gullerud, A. S. Hampton, R. W. Dawicke, D. S. Dodds Jr., R. H. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | Fracture tests were conducted on middle crack tension, M(T), and compact tension, C(T), specimens of varying widths, constructed from 0.063 inch thick sheets of 2024-T3 aluminum alloy. Guide plates were used to restrict out-of-plane displacements in about half of the tests. Analyses using the three-dimensional, elastic-plastic finite element code WARP3D simulated the tests with and without guide plates using a critical CTOA fracture criterion. The experimental results indicate that crack buckling reduced the failure loads by up to 40%. Using a critical CTOA value of 5.5 deg., the WARP3D analyses predicted the failure loads for the tests with guide plates within +/- 10% of the experimentally measured values. For the M(T) tests without guide plates, the WARP3D analyses predicted the failure loads for the 12 and 24 inch tests within 10%, while over predicting the failure loads for the 40 inch wide tests by about 20%. |
| File Size | 615502 |
| Page Count | 10 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19990028738 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9576c369 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Structural Mechanics Crack Tips Metal Sheets Aluminum Alloys Computerized Simulation Residual Strength Load Tests Finite Element Method Crack Opening Displacement Failure Analysis Predictions Mathematical Models Cracking Fracturing Applications Programs Computers Buckling Aircraft Structures Structural Analysis Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |