Stress Intensity Factors - T-Stresses - Weight Functions

• Main Author: Fett, Theo (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2008
• Series: Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Keramik im Maschinenbau - IKM
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; Cracks; stress intensity factor; stress fields; T-stress; fracture mechanics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Failure of cracked components is governed by the stresses in the vicinity of the crack tip. The singular stress contribution is characterised by the stress intensity factor K, the first regular stress term is represented by the so-called T-stress. Sufficient information about the stress state is ava...