Issue 45

G. Gomes et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 45 (2018) 67-85; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.45.06

Fig. 18 shows the results obtained with BC2D compared to the literature [22] for the CTS with no hole.

and f(a/w) expression.

Figure 18: Results for CP CTS standard (no main hole): Stress Intensity Factor K I

Figure 19: Results for modified (holed) and standard (no hole) CP CTS.

Fig. 19 show the results for f(a/w) for the modified CTS (with a hole) obtained by FEM ( a = 6.5 mm) and BC2D ( a = 9 mm) compared to results from the literature [22] for a CTS with no hole. The results for f(a/w) for the CTS01 and CTS03 models are similar until values of a/w between 0.5 and 0.55, and thereafter exhibited lower values than the CTS without a

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