PSI - Issue 17
Sunil Bhat et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 17 (2019) 21–28 S.Bhat et al/ Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000 – 00
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Crack tip yield zone
Elastically affected zone in weld
Yield zone in back up steel
W A W A W A Y Y E E = = ; ;
p
Interface 2
Interface 1
r r = 0
b)
a)
1
2
Back up steel, A
Parent steel, A
A
W
A
Weld, W
I
T E
A
A
p r
Nil effect of interface 1
p r
t
Stage I 1
I
Crack
Tip
Tip
W
p r
W
p r
A
B
Y
Y
a
a
1 int
1 int
2
2
int a
int a
A
W
1
1
,
A
W
1
1
,
int
Y
int
Y
int
Y
int
Y
A
W
2
2
,
1
A
W
2
2
,
int
Y
int
Y
int
Y
int
Y
c)
d)
1
2
2
A
W
A
W
A
A
I
I T T E E +
II
T E
A
A
p r
p r
Stage II 1
Stage I 2
I
II
I
W
p r
W
p r
1
int a
2
int a
2
int a
A
W
2
2
A
W
1
1
,
Y int
,
int
Y
int
Y
int
Y
A
W
2
2
,
int
Y
int
Y
e)
2
1
A
A
W
I T T E E +
II
A
p r
Stage II 2
I
II
Crack
Tip
W
p r
2
int a
A
W
2
2
,
Y int
int
Y
Fig. 1. Energy transfer stages during crack growth
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