Effective toughness of heterogeneous brittle materials

Details Effective toughness of heterogeneous brittle materials Effective toughness of heterogeneous brittle materials

2004-09-02

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0409045v1

European Journal of Mechanics A 22 (2003) 743-749

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A heterogeneous brittle material characterized by a random field of local toughness Kc(x) can be represented by an equivalent homogeneous medium of toughness, Keff. Homogenization refers to a process of estimating Keff from the local field Kc(x). An approach based on a perturbative expansion of the stress intensity factor along a rough crack front shows the occurrence of different regimes depending on the correlation length of the local toughness field in the direction of crack propagation. A `"weak pinning" regime takes place for long correlation lengths, where the effective toughness is the average of the local toughness. For shorter correlation lengths, a transition to "strong pinning" occurs leading to a much higher effective toughness, and characterized by a propagation regime consisting in jumps between pinning configurations.

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