Abstract: Crack-propagation rate in 7075-T6 tension plates was determined for central cracks initially oriented in 45, 60, and 90 deg, to the width direction of the tension plates which were loaded ...

Abstract: The proposed test procedure for instrumented impact testings is evaluated by the experimental and numerical dynamic fracture results obtained for Homalite-100, polycarbonate, A533B steel and 6061 ...

Abstract: This paper presents theoretical studies on the axial rigidities in strips with circular and elliptical perforations and subjected to uniaxial tension. Greenspan’s original derivations on these ...

Abstract: The accuracy of the approximate J -estimation procedure evaluated along rectangular contours in the elastic and the HRR crack tip fields was assessed. The path independency of the approximate ...

Abstract: The direct stiffness method is used to formulate a numerical procedure for solving plane structural problems involving large, time-dependent deformations and nonhomogeneous, time-dependent material ...

Abstract: The low-velocity impact response of a hybrid titanium composite laminate, known as TiGr, was compared to that of graphite/epoxy composite. The TiGr material comprised of two outer plies of ...

Abstract: Stress-intensity factors for a short edge-notched specimen with an aspect ratio of appoximately 2.7:1 and subjected to three-point loading were obtained by using Bowie’s numerical technique of ...