A radial crack emanating from a semi-circular notch is of significant engineering importance. Accurate determination of key fracture mechanics parameters is essential for damage tolerance design and fatigue crack grow...A radial crack emanating from a semi-circular notch is of significant engineering importance. Accurate determination of key fracture mechanics parameters is essential for damage tolerance design and fatigue crack growth life predictions. The purpose of this paper is to provide an efficient and accurate closed-form weight function approach to the calculation of crack surface displacements for a radial crack emanating from a semi-circular notch in a semi-infinite plate. Results are presented for two load conditions： remote applied stress and uniform stress segment applied to crack surfaces. Based on a correction of stress intensity factor ratio, highly accurate analytical equations of crack surface displacements under the two load conditions are developed by fitting the data obtained with the weight function method. It is demonstrated that the Wu- Carlsson closed-form weight functions are very efficient, accurate and easy-to-use for calculating crack surface displacements for arbitrary load conditions. The method will facilitate fatigue crack closure and other fracture mechanics analyses where accurate crack surface displacements are required.展开更多
Radial compressive cracking force of two cassava varieties （TMS 30572 and TMS 4（2）1425） was determined. Tubers from plants about 1.5 years old, freshly harvested from the Teaching and Research Farm of Obafemi Awol...Radial compressive cracking force of two cassava varieties （TMS 30572 and TMS 4（2）1425） was determined. Tubers from plants about 1.5 years old, freshly harvested from the Teaching and Research Farm of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, were used for this study. The tubers were cleaned and sliced into different lengths ranging from 25 mm to 150 mm in steps of 25 mm. For each species, slices of a particular length were sorted into 8 diameter groups： 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80, 81-90 and 91-100 ram. The cracking force of the sliced tubers was determined using an adapted tensometer. Generally, the cracking force increases with increase in tuber slice length. While the average value across all diameters ranges from 504.65 N to 1,770.19 N as the tuber length varies from 25 mm to 150 mm for TMS 30572, it ranges from 428.32 N to 1,721.95 N for TMS 4（2）1425. Within the same diameter group, the compression cracking force for tubers of small lengths was significantly lower than that required for large tuber lengths. Further, while the average cracking force for TMS 30572 varies between 894.54 N and 1,287.16 N across varying diameter ranges, it varies between 715.47 N and 1,268.82 N for TMS 4（2）1425. The highest values for both varieties occur at diameter range 71-80 mm. The data generated would be useful for the development of an efficient cassava peeling machine, based on the principle of peel-flesh separation by compression and peel removal with knives.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11402249)
文摘A radial crack emanating from a semi-circular notch is of significant engineering importance. Accurate determination of key fracture mechanics parameters is essential for damage tolerance design and fatigue crack growth life predictions. The purpose of this paper is to provide an efficient and accurate closed-form weight function approach to the calculation of crack surface displacements for a radial crack emanating from a semi-circular notch in a semi-infinite plate. Results are presented for two load conditions： remote applied stress and uniform stress segment applied to crack surfaces. Based on a correction of stress intensity factor ratio, highly accurate analytical equations of crack surface displacements under the two load conditions are developed by fitting the data obtained with the weight function method. It is demonstrated that the Wu- Carlsson closed-form weight functions are very efficient, accurate and easy-to-use for calculating crack surface displacements for arbitrary load conditions. The method will facilitate fatigue crack closure and other fracture mechanics analyses where accurate crack surface displacements are required.
文摘Radial compressive cracking force of two cassava varieties （TMS 30572 and TMS 4（2）1425） was determined. Tubers from plants about 1.5 years old, freshly harvested from the Teaching and Research Farm of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, were used for this study. The tubers were cleaned and sliced into different lengths ranging from 25 mm to 150 mm in steps of 25 mm. For each species, slices of a particular length were sorted into 8 diameter groups： 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80, 81-90 and 91-100 ram. The cracking force of the sliced tubers was determined using an adapted tensometer. Generally, the cracking force increases with increase in tuber slice length. While the average value across all diameters ranges from 504.65 N to 1,770.19 N as the tuber length varies from 25 mm to 150 mm for TMS 30572, it ranges from 428.32 N to 1,721.95 N for TMS 4（2）1425. Within the same diameter group, the compression cracking force for tubers of small lengths was significantly lower than that required for large tuber lengths. Further, while the average cracking force for TMS 30572 varies between 894.54 N and 1,287.16 N across varying diameter ranges, it varies between 715.47 N and 1,268.82 N for TMS 4（2）1425. The highest values for both varieties occur at diameter range 71-80 mm. The data generated would be useful for the development of an efficient cassava peeling machine, based on the principle of peel-flesh separation by compression and peel removal with knives.
