Size effect tests and fracture characteristics of aluminum

Zdeněk P. Bažant; Soo Gon Lee; Phillip A. Pfeiffer

doi:10.1016/0013-7944(87)90078-6

Size effect tests and fracture characteristics of aluminum

Zdeněk P. Bažant^*, Soo Gon Lee, Phillip A. Pfeiffer

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Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

The recently established approximate size effect law for blunt fracture is shown to agree with test data for aluminum. The data are obtained with three-point bent fracture specimens of depths ranging from 0.25 to 4 in. Non-linear fracture parameters can be obtained by a linear regression based on the size effect law. Thus, the fracture energy can be determined using only the maximum load values from fracture tests, and the R-curve can be obtained as an envelope of fracture equilibrium curves. No measurements of crack length or specimen compliance are needed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	45-57
Number of pages	13
Journal	Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Volume	26
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0013-7944(87)90078-6
State	Published - 1987

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