Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2008-07-10
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
44 pages, 14 figures, 2 tables
Scientific paper
Experimental investigations on the effect of thicknesses on mixed-mode I/II fracture are performed with an aluminum alloy with thicknesses of 2, 4, 8 and 14 mm. It is found that under pure-mode I loading condition, the loading capacity per unit thickness monotonically decreases with increasing thickness. However, under mixed-mode loading condition, the dependence of loading capacity on the thickness becomes very weak. Although the measured crack initiation angles from the mid-plane of the fractured specimens coincide well with typical existed criteria in the thin and thick specimens under all the mixed-mode conditions except pure-mode II, exceptional low crack initiation angles are found in the 8mm-thick specimens. Although ductile dimples are the dominated microscopic features in all the specimens, the size of the final voids varies significantly with specimen thickness and loading mode. The ductile dimples in the crack initiation zone become larger and shallower as the specimen thickness decreasing.
Dong Huiru
Guo Wanlin
Yang Zheng
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