Papers Published

1. Ojdrovic, R.P. and Petroski, H.J., Process zone analysis for the single-edge notched specimen. I. Process zone size and crack profile, Int. J. Fract. (Netherlands), vol. 49 no. 1 (1991), pp. 1 - 16 .
   (last updated on 2007/04/09)

   Abstract:
   A systematic analysis of the process zone is presented. Relations among the process zone size, load and crack opening displacement (COD) are derived using the weight function method and a power function closing pressure distribution in the process zone. These relations are specialized and used to study the behaviour of the single-edge notched (SEN) specimen loaded in tension and in bending. This study shows that the method presented here may be successfully used to analyze the fracture of finite-size specimens

   Keywords:
   bending;crack-edge stress field analysis;