| Preface | 6 |
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| Contents | 8 |
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| Symbols | 15 |
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| 1 Designing Components and Structures According to Strength Criteria | 20 |
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| 1.1 Loads on Components and Structures | 21 |
| 1.2 Stresses and Stress States in Components and Structures | 24 |
| 1.2.1 Plane Stress State | 25 |
| 1.2.2 Spatial Stress State | 25 |
| 1.2.3 Principal Stresses | 25 |
| 1.2.4 Plane Stress State or Plane Strain State | 27 |
| 1.3 Proof of Static Strength | 28 |
| 1.3.1 Equivalent Stress | 28 |
| 1.3.2 Allowable Stress | 29 |
| 1.3.3 Proof of Strength—Operational Sequence | 30 |
| 1.3.4 Taking Account of the Notch Effect | 31 |
| 1.3.5 Stress Concentration Factors | 32 |
| 1.3.6 Material Parameters and Safety Factors | 32 |
| 1.4 Proof of Fatigue Strength | 37 |
| 1.4.1 Effective and Allowable Stresses | 37 |
| 1.4.2 Material Parameters | 38 |
| 1.4.3 Surface and Size Coefficients | 40 |
| 1.4.4 Proof of Fatigue Strength with Notched Components | 42 |
| 1.5 Proof of Structural Durability | 42 |
| 1.6 Other Proofs | 43 |
| 1.7 Limits of Classic Component Design | 43 |
| References | 44 |
| 2 Damages Caused by Crack Growth | 45 |
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| 2.1 Crack Initiation and Crack Growth | 47 |
| 2.2 Stable and Unstable Crack Growth | 49 |
| 2.3 Damage Analysis/Fracture Surface Analysis | 50 |
| 2.4 Fatigue Crack Growth in an ICE Wheel Tire | 54 |
| 2.5 Crack Growth in a Press Frame | 55 |
| 2.6 Fatigue Crack Growth in the Fastener Body of an Internal High-Pressure Metal Forming Machine | 57 |
| 2.7 Fracture of the Drive Shaft of a Vintage Car | 57 |
| 2.8 Other Damage Events | 57 |
| 2.9 Basic Crack Paths and Crack Shapes in Components and Structures | 59 |
| 2.9.1 Crack Paths of Basic Stress States | 60 |
| 2.9.2 Crack Paths and Crack Shapes in Shafts | 61 |
| 2.9.3 Systematizing Crack Types in Components and Structures | 63 |
| 2.10 Crack Detection Using Non-destructive Testing Methods | 67 |
| References | 69 |
| 3 Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics | 72 |
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| 3.1 Cracks and Crack Modes | 72 |
| 3.1.1 Mode I | 73 |
| 3.1.2 Mode II | 74 |
| 3.1.3 Mode III | 74 |
| 3.1.4 Mixed Mode | 74 |
| 3.2 Stress Distributions at Cracks | 75 |
| 3.2.1 Solving Crack Problems with Elasticity Theory | 75 |
| 3.2.2 Stress Distributions for Plane Crack Problems | 76 |
| 3.2.2.1 Stress Distributions in Mode I | 78 |
| 3.2.2.2 Stress Distributions for Plane Mixed-Mode Loading | 78 |
| 3.2.3 Stress Distributions for Spatial Crack Problems | 81 |
| 3.2.3.1 Stress Distributions in Cartesian Coordinates | 81 |
| 3.2.3.2 Stress Distributions in Cylindrical Coordinates | 81 |
| 3.3 Displacement Fields Near the Crack | 83 |
| 3.4 Stress Intensity Factors | 84 |
| 3.4.1 Stress Intensity Factors for Crack Modes I, II and III | 84 |
| 3.4.1.1 Definition of the Stress Intensity Factors KI, KII, KIII | 84 |
| 3.4.1.2 Dimension and Unit of Stress Intensity Factors | 85 |
| 3.4.2 Stress Intensity Factors for Basic Crack Problems | 85 |
| 3.4.2.1 Griffith Crack in an Infinitely Extended Plate | 85 |
| 3.4.2.2 Circular Crack in an Infinitely Extended Body Under Tensile Loading | 86 |
| 3.4.2.3 Internal Crack in a Finitely Extended Plate | 86 |
| 3.4.2.4 Edge Crack in a Semi-infinitely and Finitely Extended Plate Under Tensile Loading | 87 |
| 3.4.2.5 Inclined Internal Crack in an Infinitely Extended Plate Under Uniaxial Loading | 88 |
| 3.4.2.6 Semi-elliptical Surface Crack in a Tensile-Loaded Component | 89 |
| 3.4.2.7 Semi-circular Edge Crack in a Component | 90 |
| 3.4.2.8 Notch Crack Problems | 92 |
| 3.4.2.9 Interpolation Formula for Mode I Stress Intensity Factors | 94 |
| 3.4.2.10 Interpolation Formulae for Mode II and Mode III Stress Intensity Factors | 94 |
| 3.4.3 Superposition of Stress Intensity Factors, Equivalent Stress Intensity Factors | 94 |
| 3.4.3.1 Superposition of Stress Intensity Factors | 96 |
| 3.4.3.2 Equivalent Stress Intensity Factor with Plane Mixed-Mode Loading | 97 |
| 3.4.3.3 Equivalent Stress Intensity Factor with Spatial Mixed-Mode Loading | 98 |
| 3.5 Local Plasticity at the Crack Tip | 101 |
| 3.5.1 Estimating the Plastic Zone | 101 |
| 3.5.2 Crack Length Correction | 104 |
| 3.5.3 Significance of the Plastic Zone in Fatigue Crack Propagation | 105 |
| 3.6 Energy Release Rate and the J-Integral | 105 |
| 3.6.1 Energy Release Rate | 105 |
| 3.6.2 J-Integral | 106 |
| 3.7 Determining the Stress Intensity Factors and Other Fracture-Mechanical Quantities | 107 |
| 3.7.1 Determining the Stress Intensity Factors from the Stress Field in the Vicinity of the Crack | 108 |
| 3.7.2 Determining the Stress Intensity Factors from the Displacement Field in the Vicinity of the Crack | 109 |
| 3.7.3 Determining Fracture-Mechanical Quantities with the J-Integral | 109 |
| 3.7.4 Determining Fracture-Mechanical Quantities with the Crack Closure Integral | 110 |
| 3.8 Concepts for Predicting Unstable Crack Growth | 112 |
| 3.8.1 K-Concept for Mode I | 113 |
| 3.8.2 K-Concept for Mode II, Mode III and Mixed Mode Loadings | 113 |
| 3.8.2.1 K-Concept for Mode II | 114 |
| 3.8.2.2 K-Concept for Mode III | 114 |
| 3.8.2.3 K-Concept for Plane Mixed Mode | 115 |
| 3.8.2.4 K-Concept for Spatial Mixed Mode | 116 |
| 3.8.3 Criterion of Energy Release Rate | 119 |
| 3.8.4 J-Criterion | 119 |
| 3.9 Fracture Toughness | 120 |
| 3.10 Assessing Components with Cracks Using Fracture-Mechanical Methods | 120 |
| 3.10.1 Fracture-Mechanical Proof—Operational Sequence | 120 |
| 3.10.2 Applying the Fracture Criterion and the Fracture-Mechanical Analysis to Mode I Crack Problems | 122 |
| 3.10.3 Applying the Fracture Criterion and the Fracture-Mechanical Analysis to Mode II, Mode III and Mixed Mode Problems | 124 |
| 3.11 Combining Strength Calculation and Fracture Mechanics | 125 |
| References | 128 |
| 4 Fatigue Crack Growth Under Cyclic Loading with Constant Amplitude | 130 |
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| 4.1 Relation Between Component Loading and Cyclic Stress Intensity | 131 |
| 4.1.1 Stress Fields with Time-Varying Mode I Loading | 132 |
| 4.1.2 Cyclic Stress Intensity Factor for Mode I | 132 |
| 4.1.3 R-ratio | 133 |
| 4.1.4 Crack Propagation Process | 134 |
| 4.1.5 Stress Field with Time-Varying Mode II, Mode III and Mixed-Mode Loading | 134 |
| 4.1.6 Cyclic Stress Intensity Factor for Mode II | 135 |
| 4.1.7 Cyclic Stress Intensity Factor for Mode III | 136 |
| 4.1.8 Two-Dimensional Mixed-Mode Loading | 136 |
| 4.1.9 Three-Dimensional Mixed-Mode Loading | 136 |
| 4.2 Relationship Between Crack Growth Rate and the Cyclic Stress Intensity Factor | 137 |
| 4.2.1 Limits of Fatigue Crack Propagation for Mode I | 139 |
| 4.2.2 Factors Influencing the Crack Growth Curve | 139 |
| 4.2.3 Crack Closure Behavior Dur
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