MSE-211-Engineering Materials 1 Mechanical Failure Chapter reading 8 ISSUES TO ADDRESS... 1 • How do cracks that lead to failure form? • How is fracture resistance quantified? How do the fracture resistances of the different material classes compare? • How do we estimate the stress to fracture? • How do loading rate, loading history, and temperature affect the failure behavior of materials? Ship-cyclic loading from waves. Computer chip-cyclic thermal loading. Hip implant-cyclic loading from walking.
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MSE-211-Engineering Materials 1
Mechanical Failure
Chapter reading 8 ISSUES TO ADDRESS...
1
• How do cracks that lead to failure form?
• How is fracture resistance quantified? How do the fracture
resistances of the different material classes compare?
• How do we estimate the stress to fracture?
• How do loading rate, loading history, and temperature
affect the failure behavior of materials?
Ship-cyclic loading
from waves.
Computer chip-cyclic
thermal loading.
Hip implant-cyclic
loading from walking.
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Mechanical Failure
Why study failure?
Design of a component or structure: Minimize failure possibility
It can be accomplished by understanding the mechanics of failure
modes and applying appropriate design principles.
Failure cost
1. Human life 2. Economic loss 3.Unavailability of service
Failure causes:
1. Improper material selection 2. Inadequate design 3. Processing
Regular inspection, repair and replacement critical to safe design
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Fracture
Fracture is the separation of a body into two or more
pieces in response to an imposed stress
Steps in Fracture:
Crack formation
Crack propagation
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Fracture Modes
Depending on the ability of material to undergo plastic deformation
before the fracture two fracture modes can be defined - ductile or
brittle.
Ductile fracture - most metals (not too cold):
Extensive plastic deformation ahead of crack
Crack is “stable”: resists further extension
unless applied stress is increased
Brittle fracture - ceramics, ice, cold metals:
Relatively little plastic deformation
Crack is “unstable”: propagates rapidly without
increase in applied stress
Ductile fracture is preferred in most applications
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Ductile Vs Brittle Fracture
Very
Ductile
Moderately
Ductile Brittle
Fracture
behavior:
Large Moderate %AR or %EL Small
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Ductile Fracture
• Evolution to failure:
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
(a) Necking
(b) Formation of microvoids
(c) Coalescence of microvoids to form a crack
(d) Crack propagation by shear deformation
(e) Fracture
Cup and cone
fracture
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(Cup-and-cone fracture in Al)
Ductile Vs Brittle Fracture
brittle fracture ductile fracture
Brittle fracture in a mild steel
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Ductile Fracture
(a) SEM image showing spherical dimples resulting from a
uniaxial tensile load representing microvoids. (b) SEM image of
parabolic dimples from shear loading.
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Brittle Fracture
Arrows indicate point at failure origination
Distinctive pattern on the fracture surface: V-shaped “chevron”
markings point to the failure origin.
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Brittle Fracture
Lines or ridges that radiate from the origin of
the crack in a fanlike pattern
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Transgranular fracture
Fracture cracks pass through grains.
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Intergranular fracture: Fracture crack propagation is
along grain boundaries (grain boundaries are weakened
or embrittled by impurities segregation etc.)
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• Ductile failure:
-- one piece
-- large deformation
Example: Pipe Failures
• Brittle failure:
-- many pieces
-- small deformations
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Studies the relationships between:
material properties
stress level
crack producing flaws
crack propagation mechanisms
Fracture Mechanics
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Stress Concentration
Measured fracture strength is much lower than predicted by calculations
based on atomic bond energies. This discrepancy is explained by the
presence of flaws or cracks in the materials.
The flaws act as stress concentrators or stress raisers,
amplifying the stress at a given point.
The magnitude of amplification depends on crack
geometry and orientation.
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Stress Concentration
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Stress Concentration
If the crack is similar to an elliptical
hole through plate, and is oriented
perpendicular to applied stress, the
maximum stress, at crack tip
where t = radius of curvature
so = applied stress
sm = stress at crack tip
a = length of surface crack or ½
length of internal crack
2/1
2
t
om
a
ss
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Stress Concentration
2/1
2
t
om
a
ss
The stress concentration factor is
A measure of the degree to which an external
stress is amplified at the tip of a crack.
(1)
Rearranging equation 1
sm 2so
a
t
1/2
Ktso
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Engineering Fracture Design
r/h
sharper fillet radius
increasing w/h
0 0.5 1.0 1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Stress Conc. Factor, K t =
• Avoid sharp corners! s
Adapted from Fig.
8.2W(c), Callister 6e.
(Fig. 8.2W(c) is from G.H.
Neugebauer, Prod. Eng.
(NY), Vol. 14, pp. 82-87
1943.)
r , fillet
radius
w
h
smax
smax
s0
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Stress Concentration
Crack propagation
Cracks with sharp tips propagate easier than cracks having blunt tips
2/1
2
t
om
a
ss
In ductile materials, plastic deformation at a crack tip “blunts” the crack.
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Crack propagation
Stress Concentration
Critical stress for crack propagation
γs = specific surface energy
When the tensile stress at the tip of crack exceeds the critical stress value
the crack propagates and results in fracture.
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EXAMPLE PROBLEM 8.1 Page 244
A relatively large plate of a glass is subjected to a tensile stress of 40
MPa. If the specific surface energy and modulus of elasticity for this
glass are 0.3 J/m2 and 69 GPa, respectively, determine the maximum
length of a surface flaw that is possible without fracture.
𝑎 =2𝐸𝛾𝑠
𝜋𝜎2
𝐸 = 69 𝐺𝑃𝑎
𝛾𝑠 =0.3 J/m2
𝜎 = 40 𝑀𝑃𝑎
Rearranging the equation
𝑎 = 8.2 * 10-6 m
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Home Work Problems
Exercise Problems 8.1-8.4
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Fracture Toughness
• Fracture toughness measures a material’s resistance to
fracture when a crack is present.
• It is an indication of the amount of stress required to propagate a preexisting flaw.
𝐾𝑐 = 𝜎𝑐 𝜋𝑎
𝐾𝑐= Fracture toughness
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Fracture Toughness
𝑲𝒄is a material property depends on temperature, strain rate
and microstructure.
The magnitude of Kc diminishes with increasing strain rate
and decreasing temperature.
Improvement in yield strength wrought by alloying and
strain hardening generally produces corresponding decrease
in Kc .
Kc normally increases with reduction in grain size as
composition and other microstructural variables are
maintained constant.
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Impact Fracture Testing
Testing fracture characteristics under high strain rates
Two standard tests, the Charpy and Izod, measure the impact
energy (the energy required to fracture a test piece under an
impact load), also called the notch toughness
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(Charpy)
Impact Fracture Testing
Izod
final height initial height
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Ductile-to- brittle transition
As temperature decreases a ductile material can become
brittle - ductile-to-brittle transition.
The ductile-to-brittle transition can be measured by impact testing:
the impact energy needed for fracture drops suddenly over a
relatively narrow temperature range – temperature of the ductile-to-
brittle transition.
The ductile to-brittle transition is related to the temperature
dependence of the measured impact energy absorption
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Adapted from Fig. 8.15,
Callister & Rethwisch 8e.
• Ductile-to-Brittle Transition Temperature (DBTT)...
Low strength steels(BCC)
Imp
act E
ne
rgy
Temperature
High strength materials
polymers
More Ductile Brittle
Ductile-to-brittle transition temperature
Low strength (FCC and HCP) metals (e.g., Cu, Ni)
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• Pre-WWII: The Titanic • WWII: Liberty ships
• Problem: Steels were used having DBTT’s just below