Development of numerical model for the determination of crack opening and closure loads, for long cracks
- Submitting institution
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Oxford Brookes University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 185750348
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1111/ffe.12532
- Title of journal
- Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures
- Article number
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- First page
- 571
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 8756-758X
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Fatigue accounts for 90% of mechanical failures and is understandably a heavily researched area, yet the underlying crack growth mechanisms are still disputed. This paper uses improved crack closure data to investigate crack closure theory utilising long crack numerical models. High computational resources have made long crack models difficult to implement and so there has been a lack of comparative numerical results. In this paper results supporting crack closure theory were obtained but the discussion continues with citing authors arguing the opposite (Fatigue crack closure: A myth or a misconception?).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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