Issue 35

O. Demir et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 35 (2016) 340-349; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.35.39 343 Specimen No Specimen Type Loading Angle (°) Thickness (mm) Crack Length (mm) Pre-crack Load (kN) EXPERIMENTAL Critical Load (kN) Crack Deflection Angle (°) LT-01-150814-01 CTS 0 10.00 46.50 6.5 11.38 0.00 LT-01-251214-01 CTS 15 10.07 46.07 6.5 26.11 -9.41 LT-01-251214-02 CTS 15 10.06 45.96 6.5 26.68 -8.75 LT-01-150814-02 CTS 30 9.60 45.08 6.5 27.52 -26.85 LT-01-150814-03 CTS 30 10.10 44.94 6.5 28.59 -25.36 LT-01-150814-04 CTS 30 10.20 45.03 6.5 29.57 -26.42 LT-01-090215-01 CTS 30 25.00 46.51 6.5 60.23 -26.57 LT-01-150814-06 CTS 45 10.13 44.95 6.5 35.61 -35.71 LT-01-150814-07 CTS 45 10.17 44.75 6.5 33.00 -36.03 LT-01-220814-11 CTS 45 10.13 45.40 6.5 35.60 -36.54 LT-01-150814-09 CTS 60 10.16 44.93 6.5 46.25 -41.18 LT-01-150814-10 CTS 60 10.15 45.22 6.5 46.90 -41.11 LT-01-150814-12 CTS 60 10.18 45.20 6.5 45.71 - LT-01-251214-03 CTS 75 10.10 46.38 6.5 62.73 -50.66 LT-01-150814-04 CTS 75 10.14 45.24 6.5 68.07 -53.64 Table 1 : Experimental results of CTS specimen obtained from the mixed mode fracture tests. Results of T-Specimen Experiments Tab. 2 summarizes experimental studies of 25 mm-thick T-specimen performed under different loading cases. As mentioned in Part 1 of this paper that loading requirements of 25 mm-thick T-specimens under all loading cases are lower than 10 mm-thick CTS specimens. Specimen No Specimen Type Loading Angle (°) Thickness (mm) Crack Length (mm) Pre-crack Load (kN) EXPERIMENTAL Critical Load (kN) Crack Deflection Angle (°) T-LT-01-251214-01 T 0 24.87 26.03 10.5 19.60 0.00 T-LT-01-180115-12 T 15 25.00 26.93 10.5 19.80 -11.73 T-LT-01-180115-13 T 15 24.98 26.34 10.5 19.70 -9.34 T-LT-01-180115-14 T 30 24.98 26.21 10.5 23.07 -21.95 T-LT-01-180115-15 T 30 25.00 26.90 10.5 20.64 -18.07 T-LT-01-251214-02 T 45 25.00 25.24 10.5 28.09 -26.26 T-LT-01-251214-03 T 45 25.01 25.46 10.5 29.21 -24.15 T-LT-01-251214-04 T 60 24.96 27.13 10.5 33.59 -33.69 T-LT-01-090215-18 T 60 25.00 26.58 10.5 34.76 -36.41 T-LT-01-180115-17 T 75 25.03 26.89 10.5 54.31 -50.19 T-LT-01-220215-22 T 75 24.96 26.70 10.5 55.04 -53.17 Table 2 : Experimental results of T specimen obtained from the mixed mode fracture tests.