The response of solids to elastic/plastic indentation. II. Fracture initiation
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 53 (1) , 312-317
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.329932
Abstract
The problem of fracture initiation within the vicinity of elastic/plastic indentations is examined. The fractures are considered to originate from one of two sources: preexistent flaws (such as surfacecracks formed during mechanical finishing) or stress singularities created by shear bands. The initiation of radial cracks from preexistent flaws has been predicted and shown to correlate quite successfully with threshold data obtained using a range of brittle solids. The trends in fracture initiation associated with the existence of a nucleation step (as appropriate for many median and lateral cracks) are also discussed.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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