Mixed mode dynamic fracture in particulate reinforced functionally graded materials
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
4-1-2006
Abstract
A detailed analytical and experimental investigation is presented to understand the dynamic fracture behavior of functionally graded materials (FGMs) under mode I and mixed mode loading conditions. Crack-tip stress, strain and displacement fields for a mixed mode crack propagating at an angle from the direction of property gradation were obtained through an asymptotic analysis coupled with a displacement potential approach. This was followed by a comprehensive series of experiments to gain further insight into the behavior of propagating cracks in FGMs. Dynamic photoelasticity coupled with high-speed photography was used to obtain crack tip velocities and dynamic stress fields around the propagating cracks. Birefringent coatings were used to conduct the photoelastic study due to the opaqueness of the FGMs. Dynamic fracture experiments were performed using different specimen geometries to develop a dynamic constitutive fracture relationship between the mode I dynamic stress intensity factor (KID) and crack-tip velocity (ȧ) for FGMs with the crack moving in the direction of increasing fracture toughness. A similar ȧ-KID relation was also obtained for matrix material (polyester) for comparison purposes. The results obtained show that crack propagation velocities in FGMs were about 80% higher than the polyester matrix. Crack arrest toughness was found to be about 10% lower than the value of local fracture toughness in FGMs. © Society for Experimental Mechanics 2006.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Experimental Mechanics
Volume
46
Issue
2
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Jain, Nitesh, and A. Shukla. "Mixed mode dynamic fracture in particulate reinforced functionally graded materials." Experimental Mechanics 46, 2 (2006): 137-154. doi: 10.1007/s11340-006-5867-0.