RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Influence of the mesh size on plastic CTOD
A1 Sanchez-Mancera, J.
A1 Camas-Peña, Daniel
A1 Prates, P.A.
A1 Antunes, Fernando Ventura
K1 Materiales - Fatiga
AB The Crack Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) is an elastic-plastic fracture mechanics parameter usually employed as a measurement of fracture toughness and to explain the fatigue crack growth. This parameter can be decomposed on two different components: the elastic and plastic one. The plastic component is responsible for the degradation of the material while the elastic component is only affecting to the atomic spacing. Lately, the plastic CTOD rage has been considered to study fatigue crack propagation instead of the classical ΔK elastic parameter. In this study, the influence of the mesh size on plastic CTOD results is analysed. For this purpose, a titanium CT specimen is modelled bi-dimensionally using the finite element method. Plane stress conditions are considered. Results are analysed at different places near the crack tip.
PB ICSI2021 book of abstracts: PMGP Moreira and PJS Tavares
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/23213
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/23213
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 4 mar 2026