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Recent developments in numerical techniques for dynamic transient stress analysis have ensured that realistic models can now be employed in crack propagation studies. In this paper transient dynamic finite element solutions are undertaken for both double cantilever beam (DCB) and pipeline problems with propagation of the crack being permitted. Standard parabolic isoparametric elements are employed for spatial discretization with an explicit (central difference) scheme being employed for time integration. Both critical stress and energy balance crack propagation criteria are considered.
The pressurised pipeline problem is solved for as a fully three-dimensional solid. Firstly, a stationary crack is considered and both large deformations and plasticity effects are accounted for. The transient case of a dynamically propagating crack is then modelled, employing both a stress and energy criterion. Elastic large deformation behaviour is permitted for this case.
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Des développements récents dans les techniques numériques pour l'analyse des contraintes dynamiques transitoires ont permis d'utiliser à présent des modèles réalistes dans les études de propagation des fissures. Dans ce mémoire, on envisage des solutions par éléments finis pour les transitoires dynamiques dans les cas de la poutre double cantilever et de problèmes de pipelines où l'on autorise la propagation d'une fissure. On recourt aux éléments paramétriques paraboliques standards pour réaliser une division discrète de l'espace, et l'on utilise pour l'intégration dans le temps un schéma explicite à différence centrale. On considére à la fois les critères de contraintes critiques et d'équilibre d'énergie lors de la propagation de la fissure. Le problème du pipeline pressurisé est solutionné en considérant ce dernier comme un solide tridimensionnel. En premier lieu, on considère une fissure stationnaire et l'on tient compte des effets des grandes déformations et de la plasticité. On met ensuite en équation le cas transitoire d'une fissure en propagation dynamique, en utilisant un critère de contrainte et un critère d'énergie. Ce cas permit d'envisager le comportement sous des déformations élastiques importantes.
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Owen, D.R.J., Shantaram, D. Numerical study of dynamic crack growth by the finite element method. Int J Fract 13, 821–837 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00034325
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