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Comparison between Mode I and Mode III crack propagation under pure shear and RCF conditions
Last modified: 2011-02-25
Abstract
The competition between mode I and mode III failure modes on the experimentally results
obtained by the authors during an extensive experimental campaign under pure shear and RCF loading
conditions on both a bearing and a gear steel have been analysed. The analysis of the fracture surfaces has
shown that the failure of the torsional samples is a tensile fracture, while the OOP samples failed by shear
fracture. In order to understand the competition between the two failure modes (Mode I vs. Mode III) the
loading patterns have been analysed in terms of mode I and mode III branch stress intensity factors and the
experimental fracture behaviour has been confirmed by theoretical predictions when a partial slip model,
previously employed by the authors, is used.
obtained by the authors during an extensive experimental campaign under pure shear and RCF loading
conditions on both a bearing and a gear steel have been analysed. The analysis of the fracture surfaces has
shown that the failure of the torsional samples is a tensile fracture, while the OOP samples failed by shear
fracture. In order to understand the competition between the two failure modes (Mode I vs. Mode III) the
loading patterns have been analysed in terms of mode I and mode III branch stress intensity factors and the
experimental fracture behaviour has been confirmed by theoretical predictions when a partial slip model,
previously employed by the authors, is used.
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