ARTICLE
Study on constraint effect and creep crack initiation of plate containing elliptical embedded cracks
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Sino-European Institute of Aviation Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, China
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Aviation Engineering Institute, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, China
Submission date: 2022-10-31
Final revision date: 2023-04-16
Acceptance date: 2023-04-17
Online publication date: 2023-06-25
Publication date: 2023-07-31
Corresponding author
Dongquan Wu
Sino-European Institute of Aviation Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, China
Sino-European Institute of Aviation Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, China
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2023;61(3):545-557
KEYWORDS
elliptical embedded crackcreep crack initiation timecreep ductility exhaustionmodelconstraint parameter
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
In this study, a plate structure containing elliptical embedded cracks loaded under high
temperature is studied. The constraint effect and creep crack initiation of the plate con-
taining embedded cracks are discussed by using the finite element method based on the
creep ductility exhaustion model. It is indicated that the highest constraint level or the
load-independent parameter Q* is observed at the endpoint of the ellipse major axis of an
elliptical embedded crack, and the constraint levels increase with crack length or depth,
which represents a worse condition for the structure, such as higher stress concentration
and greater danger of failure for a larger crack depth ratio a/t or crack length ratio a/c.
Moreover, under the creep condition, the embedded crack with a larger a/t, a/c or loadings
is accompanied with a higher crack driving force, which can accelerate creep damage, creep
cracking initiation (CCI) and shorten the creep crack initiation (CCI) time. Additionally,
an empirical prediction equation and engineering approach to the constraint parameter and
the CCI time for elliptical embedded cracks are proposed, and the engineering approach to
the CCI time is validated.
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