A Direct Derivation of the Griffith-Irwin Relationship using a Crack tip Unloading Stress Wave Model

Details A Direct Derivation of the Griffith-Irwin Relationship using a Crack tip Unloading Stress Wave Model A Direct Derivation of the Griffith-Irwin Relationship using a Crack tip Unloading Stress Wave Model

2008-10-13

arxiv.org/abs/0810.2218v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

8 pages, 4 figures

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It is the purpose of this short paper to show that the well known Griffiths theory of brittle fracture can be re-interpreted as a simple case of a modified Hamiltonian, and corresponds to a stationary action solution using the Euler-Lagrange equations. In this derivation it is still necessary to employ the equivalence with Irwins stress intensity factor approach to obtain the Griffith-Irwin equation. It is then shown that if physics of fracture is modelled using a simplified crack tip stress wave unloading model, then the Griffith-Irwin relationship can be derived in a single process, which is a major simplification of the procedure. Also the simplified crack tip stress wave unloading model employed gives a much clearer view of the basic physics of fracture. Keywords: Fracture, Griffiths, Hamiltonians, stress waves.

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