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Crack Paths in Graded and Layered Structures

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This chapter reviews the prediction of crack paths in materials with graded, and/or layered, composition, microstructure, and/or properties. The relevant applications span a wide variety of technologies where structural integrity is important and includes composites, layered materials, coatings, and joints. For most cases, the prediction of failure requires a priori knowledge of the crack path. In many cases, the crack path may be sufficiently defined by considering just crack kinking, that is, a small or infinitesimal increment of crack deviation from its plane. For other cases, the full crack path needs to be determined, something usually done with remeshing techniques in numerical simulation. In linear elastic systems, the residual stress that arises from the coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch between constituents generally dominates the behavior, but not if the elastic mismatch is very large or if there are big toughness mismatches. For linear elastic systems where plasticity occurs, but small-scale yielding still applies, the crack is usually drawn toward the softer material which also is generally tougher. For all cases, if the crack stress fields from all the sources are accurately defined, and materials properties known, it is possible to predict the crack path.

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    Ivar Reimanis

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  1. Institute for Materials Testing, Materials Science and Strength of Materials, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Siegfried Schmauder

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chuin-Shan Chen

  3. UAB Mail BEC 254, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Krishan K. Chawla

  4. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ, USA

    Nikhilesh Chawla

  5. Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, China

    Weiqiu Chen

  6. Katayanagi Advanced Research Laboratories, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

    Yutaka Kagawa

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Reimanis, I. (2019). Crack Paths in Graded and Layered Structures. In: Schmauder, S., Chen, CS., Chawla, K., Chawla, N., Chen, W., Kagawa, Y. (eds) Handbook of Mechanics of Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6884-3_67

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