A critical shear displacement criterion for ductile–brittle transition under mixed mode I and II loading

Abstract

Micromechanisms producing ductile and brittle damage operate in parallel at a crack tip. The dominant mode of failure depends upon which of the two (ductile or brittle) damage parameters first reaches its critical value. This has been shown by a study of ductile–brittle transition behaviour in HY100 steel under mixed mode I and II loading. The transition from ductile to brittle behaviour in HY100 steel was found to be affected by mixed mode I and II ratio (ratio of imposed tensile and shear loading) in a manner such that with increasing shear the transition temperature decreased. In the present paper, a criterion is proposed based on the shear strain ahead of a notch tip, to predict the fracture behaviour at any given temperature and mixed mode ratio.

Keywords

MIXED MODE FRACTURE HY100 STEEL DUCTILE-BRITTLE TRANSITION SHEAR STRAIN CRITERION

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