Volume 46, Issue 1 pp. 244-258
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

A generalized model for dynamic mixed-mode fracture via state-based peridynamics

Mirmilad Mirsayar

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Mirmilad Mirsayar

Department of Aerospace, Physics, and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, USA

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Mirmilad Mirsayar, Department of Aerospace, Physics, and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida 32901, USA.

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First published: 04 October 2022
Citations: 3

Funding information: Florida Institute of Technology

Abstract

A generalized model is developed to investigate dynamic crack propagation in isotropic solids under mixed-mode I/II conditions using state-based peridynamics. The critical stretch and the critical strain energy release rate (ERR) are related within the state-based peridynamic framework to construct a computational model capable of capturing fracture energy of the kinked cracks. A novel formulation is presented to predict crack growth trajectory and pattern by combining the traditional expression of ERR and the peridynamic states of the crack opening and sliding displacements. The proposed model is used to predict dynamic fracture behavior in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and soda-lime glass using various test specimens, including cracked semi-circular bending (SCB), cracked rectangular plate, and single edge-notched tensile (SENT) specimens, and under different dynamic loading conditions. The developed model is examined against the numerical and experimental data available in the literature, and a very good agreement is observed.

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