Crack initiation and slow growth in soda-lime glass from a self-healed crack

Slow crack growth: models and experiments

The properties of slow crack growth in brittle materials are analyzed both theoretically and experimentally. We propose a model based on a thermally activated rupture process. Considering a 2D spring network submitted to an external load and to thermal noise, we show that a preexisting crack in the network may slowly grow because of stress fluctuations. An analytical solution is found for the e...

Practical Methods for Crack Length Measurement and Fatigue Crack Initiation Detection Using Ion-Sputtered Film and Crack Growth Characteristics in Glass and Ceramics

Slow Crack Growth-Notches-Pressurized Polyethylene Pipes

A general method for predicting the life time of a polyethylene structure that fails by slow crack growth was applied to the case of externally notched pressurized pipes. An analysis of experimental data indicated that the residual stress must be taken into account. The critical notch depths associated with a given life time were calculated as a function of pipe size, PENT value of the resin an...

Statistical Analysis of Slow Crack Growth Experiments

A common approach for the determination of Slow Crack Growth (SCG) parameters are the static and dynamic loading method. Since materials with small Weibull module show a large variability in strength, a correct statistical analysis of the data is indispensable. In this work we propose the use of the Maximum Likelihood method and a Baysian analysis, which, in contrast to the standard procedures,...

On Macroscopic and Microscopic Analyses for Crack Initiation and Crack Growth Toughness in Ductile Alloys

Relationships between crack initiation and crack growth toughness are reviewed by examining the crack tip fields and microscopic (local) and macroscopic (continuum) fracture criteria for the onset and continued quasi-static extension of cracks in ductile materials. By comparison of the micromechanisms of crack initiation via transgranular cleavage and crack initiation and subsequent growth via ...