Affiliation:
1. Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943, USA
Abstract
Specimens made of various materials with different geometric features were investigated to predict the failure loads using the recently proposed criterion comprised of both stress and stress gradient conditions. The notch types were cracks and holes, and the materials were brittle, ductile, isotropic, orthotropic, or fibrous composites. The predicted failure stresses or loads were compared to experimental results, and both experimental and theoretically predicted results agreed well for all the different cases. This suggests that the stress and stress-gradient-based failure criterion is both versatile and accurate in predicting the failure of various materials and geometric features.
Subject
General Materials Science
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