• Title of article

    Analysis of the effect of micro-crack on the plastic strain ahead of main crack in aluminium alloy 2024 T3

  • Author/Authors

    Bachir Bouiadjra، نويسنده , , B. and Benguediab، نويسنده , , M. and Elmeguenni، نويسنده , , M. and Belhouari، نويسنده , , M. and Serier، نويسنده , , B. and Nait Abdel Aziz، نويسنده , , M.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    100
  • To page
    106
  • Abstract
    In this study the finite element method is used to analyze the effect of presence of micro-crack near a main crack on the variation of the shape and the size of the plastic zone ahead of the main crack for small scale plasticity in aluminium alloy 2024 T3. The effects of the horizontal and the vertical distances between the two cracks on the plastic zone are analyzed. The effect of micro-crack inclination is also highlighted. The obtained results show that the presence of the micro-crack can provoke the division of the plastic zone ahead of the main crack in two parts. It is also shown that the effect of the micro-crack disappears when the relative distance between the two cracks exceeds 10%.
  • Keywords
    Micro-crack , Main crack , Finite element method , Plastic zone , plastic strain
  • Journal title
    Computational Materials Science
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Computational Materials Science
  • Record number

    1683248