Closed-form solution for the size of plastic zone in an edge-cracked strip

Xiang Fa Wu, Yuris A. Dzenis

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Abstract

This paper is concerned with the problem of plastic zone at the tip of an edge crack in an isotropic elastoplastic strip under anti-plane deformations. By means of complex potential and Dugdale model, the stress intensity factor and the size of plastic zone are obtained in closed-form. Furthermore, the analytic solutions for an edge crack at the free boundary of a half-space and a semi-infinite crack heading towards a free surface are determined as the limiting cases of the strip geometries.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1751-1759
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Engineering Science
Volume40
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2002

Keywords

  • Edge crack
  • Plastic zone size
  • Stress intensity factor
  • Strip

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • General Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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