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Fracture mechanics life analytical methods verification testing

Author
Lambert, T. J.
Published
May 1, 1994.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Clemmons, T. G. and Favenesi, J. A.
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Summary
Verification and validation of the basic information capabilities in NASCRAC has been completed. The basic information includes computation of K versus a, J versus a, and crack opening area versus a. These quantities represent building blocks which NASCRAC uses in its other computations such as fatigue crack life and tearing instability. Several methods were used to verify and validate the basic information capabilities. The simple configurations such as the compact tension specimen and a crack in a finite plate were verified and validated versus handbook solutions for simple loads. For general loads using weight functions, offline integration using standard FORTRAN routines was performed. For more complicated configurations such as corner cracks and semielliptical cracks, NASCRAC solutions were verified and validated versus published results and finite element analyses. A few minor problems were identified in the basic information capabilities of the simple configurations. In the more complicated configurations, significant differences between NASCRAC and reference solutions were observed because NASCRAC calculates its solutions as averaged values across the entire crack front whereas the reference solutions were computed for a single point.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19940032507.
Accession ID: 94N37015.
NASA-CR-4602.
NAS 1.26:4602.
M-748.
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