A Static and a Dynamic Stress Intensity Factor of a Lug with Cracks

Abstract

A simple procedure for obtaining a stress intensity factor using FEM proposed by the authors was applied to analyze the problem of a lug with cracks. First, to confirm its usefulness for the present method, a problem for a rectangular plate with an edge crack subjected to three point bending was calculated by the present method. The present results were compared with present photoelastic experimental results or usual results. Next, a dynamic calculation for the same problem and a problem for a lug with cracks were carried out by the present method, and the results were compared with the present experimental results using a strain gaga method. Consequently, as the usefulness of the present method was recognized, the static and the dynamic stress intensity factor of the lug with cracks was investigated by the present method varying a pin hole diameter or a crack length systematically. Furthermore, the relation between the static stress intensity factor and the dynamic one was presented.