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Persistence of the HRR fields for general yielding in mode II

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The finite element program BERSAFE is used to analyse an edge-cracked square plate under mode II loading in the elastic-plastic regime. Plane strain constraint and power law hardening withn = 3 are assumed. Crack tip stress and strain fields are investigated and shown to equal the HRR fields at all loads from small scale yielding through into general yielding.

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Le programme d'éléments finis BERSAFE est utilisé pour l'analyse d'une plaque carrée fissurée à ses bords et soumise en régime élastoplastique à une sollicitation de mode II. On suppose un état plan de déformation et un écrouissage régi par une loi de puissancen = 3. On étudie les champs de contraintes et de déformations à l'éxtrémité des fissures et on montre que ces champs sont équivalents à ceux décrits par Hutchinson, Rice et Rosengren (HRR) pour toute la gamme de mise en charges allant de la plastification locale de faible envergure à la plastification généralisée.

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Bradford, R. Persistence of the HRR fields for general yielding in mode II. Int J Fract 26, 85–98 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01157546

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