FRACTURE MECHANICS

PRACTICAL FILE VIII SEM- Design Stream

SUBMITTED BY:VINEETA (2K8/ME/318) D2 -Group

INDEX
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Exercise Title
Analysis of a basic 2-D problem using ABAQUS Analysis of a centre cracked plate specimen under tensile loading using Quarter plate modelling technique

Analysis of a inclined cracked plate specimen under tensile loading

Analysis of a 3-point bending specimen having an edge crack

Exercise-1
Objective: - Analysis of a basic 2-D problem using ABAQUS

Solution Description:This exercise discusses the basic steps involved in carrying out a Static Analysis using the ABAQUS software. This forms the basis for the rest of the exercises since, the basic steps remain the same even in case of analysis of cracks. For the sake of simplicity, a 2-D cantilever beam subjected to point load at its free end is being considered. The entire process of modelling this problem can be broadly divided into the following steps:1.) Geometry Creation 2.) Material creation 3.) Section creation 4.) Section Assignment 5.) Assembly 6.) Mesh creation 7.) Step creation 8.) Load creation 9.) Boundary Condition creation 10.) Job Creation & Submission

Each of these steps is explained below in complete detail.

1.) Geometry Creation

Open Abaqus cae, create a new file. In the Module drop down list select Part. Go to create part option, the create part Dialog box appears. Select as shown in Fig-1.

 On clicking Continue, the sketcher screen appears. Make the sketch, dimension it and then press Done. The Geometry appears as shown in Fig -2

Fig.- 1 Create Part Dialog Box

Fig.-2 The geometry of the problem

2.) Material creation

In the Module drop down list select Property. Go to create material option, the edit material Dialog box appears as shown in Fig-3. Go to Mechanical >Elasticity > Elastic Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 3 and click OK

Fig.- 3 The Edit Material Dialog Box

3.) Section creation

In the Module drop down list select Property. Go to create Section option, the Create Section Dialog box appears as shown in Fig-4. Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 4 and click Continue The Edit Section Dialog box appears as shown in Fig-5. Enter the values and click Ok.

Fig.-4 The Create Section Dialog box

Fig.- 5 Edit Section Dialog box

4.) Section Assignment

In the Module drop down list select Property. Go to Assign Section option, select the region to assign section and press Done. The Edit Section Assignment Dialog box appears as shown in Fig -6. Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 6 and click OK

Fig.-6 The Edit Section Assignment Dialog box

5.) Assembly creation

In the Module drop down list select Assembly. Go to Instance Part option, the Create Instance Dialog box appears as shown in Fig-7. Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 7 and click OK.

Fig.- 7 The Create Instance Dialog box

6.) Mesh creation In the Module drop down list select Mesh. Go to Seed Part Instance option, the Global Seeds Dialog box appears as shown in Fig-8. Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 8 and click OK and then press Done. The Edit Section Dialog box appears as shown in Fig-5. Enter the values and click Ok. Go to Assign Mesh Control option, the Mesh Control Dialog box appears as shown in Fig-9. Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 9 and click OK. Go to Assign Element Type option, the Element Type Dialog box appears as shown in Fig-10. Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 10 and press enter. Go to Mesh Part Instance option and press YES. The mesh appears as in Fig.-11

Fig.- 8 Global Seeding

Fig.-9 Mesh Control assignment

Fig.- 10 Element Type assignment

Fig.- 11 The Mesh for the geometry

7.) Step creation

In the Module drop down list select Step. Go to Create Step option, the Create Step Dialog box appears as shown in Fig13. Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 13 and click Continue. The Edit Step Dialog Box appears as shown in Fig- 14. Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 14 and click OK.

Fig.-13

The Create Step Dialog Box

Fig.- 14 The Edit Step Dialog Box

8.) Load creation In the Module drop down list select Loads. Go to Create Loads option, the Create Load Dialog box appears as shown in Fig-15. Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 15 and click Continue. Now select the points for load application as shown in Fig- 16 and select Done. The Edit Load Dialog Box appears as shown in Fig.-17 Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 17 and click OK.

Fig.-16 Selecting Points for load application

Fig.- 15 The Create Load Dialog box

Fig.- 17 The Edit Load Dialog box

9.) Boundary Condition creation

In the Module drop down list select Loads. Go to Create Boundary Condition option, the Create Boundary Condition Dialog box appears as shown in Fig-18. Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 18 and click Continue. Now select the points for Boundary condition application as shown in Fig- 19 and select Done. The Edit Boundary Condition Dialog Box appears as shown in Fig.-20 Now enter the values as shown in Fig- 20 and click OK.

Fig.-19 Selecting the Geometry for Boundary conditions.

Fig.-18 Create Boundary Condition Dialog box

Fig.-20 Edit Boundary Condition Dialog box

10.) Job Creation & Submission

In the Module drop down list select Job. Go to Create Boundary Condition option, the Job Manager Dialog box appears. Select Create option, then Continue, then OK. Now go for DATA check and then submit your job.

Post processing & viewing the Results

The contours for the Von-Mises stress and the Deformation are as given in Fig.-21 and Fig.-22 respectively.

Fig. - 21 Von-Mises Stress Contour for the given loading condition

Fig.- 22 Deformation Contour for the given loading condition

Exercise-2
Objective: Analysis of a centre cracked plate specimen under tensile loading

using Quarter plate modelling technique.

Solution Description:This exercise discusses the steps involved in carrying out the Static Analysis of a centre cracked plate specimen subjected to tensile loading. The actual geometry of the test specimen along with the dimensions is as given in Fig.-1. In order to simplify the solution process, only one-fourth of the plate is modelled with the appropriate boundary conditions.

Fig. -1 Actual Geometry of the problem The entire process of modelling this problem can be broadly divided into the following steps:-

1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) 9.) 10.) 11.) 12.) 13.)

Geometry Creation Material creation [E=207 GPa, =0.3] Section creation Section Assignment Assembly Crack Definition Mesh creation Step creation Load creation Boundary Condition creation History Output request Job Creation & Submission Post-processing

The Quarter plate geometry along with the load & boundary conditions is as shown in Fig.-2 Here, yy = 100 Mpa

Fig.-2 Loads & Boundary Conditions.

Fig.- Comparing the undeformed & deformed meshes of the quarter plate model.

Results & Discussion Average value of KI from contours 2 to 6 is 747.531 KI = ( ) ( )

Also,

Here, a= 10 mm & W=20 mm Thus, KI =

Exercise-3
Objective: - Analysis of a inclined cracked plate specimen under tensile loading.

Solution Description:This exercise discusses the steps involved in carrying out the Static Analysis of a plate specimen having inclined crack and subjected to tensile loading. The actual geometry of the test specimen along with the dimensions is as given in Fig.-1.

100

10

100

45

Scale factor is +4.449e+02 Results & Discussion For Crack-1 K1 = 104.311 K2 = 105.397 For Crack-2 K1 = 100.662 K2 = 99.9276

Exercise-4
Objective: - Analysis of a 3-point bending specimen has an edge crack. Solution Description:This exercise discusses the steps involved in carrying out the Static Analysis of a plate specimen having edge crack of a three point bending. The actual geometry of the test specimen along with the dimensions is as given in Fig.-1.

55 2

10

Scale factor is +3.923e+2 Results & Discussion Average value of KI from contours 3 to 5 is 158.91 Average value of K2 from contours 3 to 5 is 0.00657627