T-Stress in Elastic-plastic Crack-tip Fields

by Tian, Changlu; Cui, Weicheng

A ligament field ahead of a crack tip for Model-I plane strain problem in a power-law hardening material is developed. Based on this solution, a formula for the critical value of J-integral in terms of T-stress for an elastic-plastic material is derived. T-stress effects on fracture toughness are discussed.

DOI: 10.1007/s10704-006-6693-1
Print publication date: 11/1/2005
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