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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