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dc.contributorMulti-disciplinary Studiesen_US
dc.contributorDepartment of Mechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.creatorPun, Hon-nang-
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.lib.polyu.edu.hk/handle/200/4118-
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherHong Kong Polytechnic University-
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_US
dc.titleStress intensity factors for cracks close to the interface between dissimilar materialsen_US
dcterms.abstractIn most practical cases in which the crack runs close to but not exactly at the interface, a direct solution for the conventional stress intensity factors is difficult. But the determination of the corresponding complex stress intensity factor, K, for the interface crack is quite straightforward. However, critical stress intensity factor values exist only in the conventional form of K. In this research, the values of the conventional stress intensity factors of a crack which is close to the interface of dissimilar materials but not on the interface were determined and used to verify the relationship between such values and the corresponding complex stress intensity factor for a four-point bend model. The mode I (opening mode) and mode II (sliding mode) stress intensity factors, KI and KII, were determined by an iterative computational method using a semi-infinite-crack model. Such stress intensity factors are representative of stress magnitudes associated with each mode of loading. Also, the complex stress intensity factor, K (where K = K1 + iK2 as i2 =-1) associated with the corresponding problem for the crack lying on the interface can be determined by using the crack surface displacement (CSD) and finite element analysis (FEA). The applicability of this relationship between the conventional stress intensity factors and complex stress intensity factor as the distance between the crack and the interface varies is also discussed.en_US
dcterms.extentxiv, 64, [20] leaves : ill. ; 30 cmen_US
dcterms.isPartOfPolyU Electronic Thesesen_US
dcterms.issued2000en_US
dcterms.educationalLevelAll Masteren_US
dcterms.educationalLevelM.Sc.en_US
dcterms.LCSHWelded joints -- Crackingen_US
dcterms.LCSHStrains and stressesen_US
dcterms.LCSHHong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertationsen_US
dcterms.accessRightsrestricted accessen_US

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