Strain energy release rate

Strain energy release rate

The strain energy release rate (or energy release rate) is the energy dissipated during fracture per unit of newly created fracture surface area. This quantity is central to fracture mechanics because the energy that must be supplied to a crack tip for it to grow must be balanced by the amount of energy dissipated due to the formation of new surfaces and other dissipative processes such as plasticity.

For the purposes of calculation, the energy release rate is defined as : G := -cfrac{partial U}{partial a} where U is the potential energy available for crack growth and a is the crack length. The units of G are J/m2.

The energy release rate failure criterion states that a crack will grow when the available energy release rate G is greater than or equal to a critical value G_c: G ge G_c The quantity G_c is the fracture energy and is considered to be a material property which is independent of the applied loads and the geometry of the body.

Relation to fracture toughness

For two-dimensional problems (plane stress, plane strain, antiplane shear) involving cracks that move in a straight path, the mode I stress intensity factor (K_I) is related to the energy release rate (G) by: G = cfrac{K_I^2}{E'} where E is the Young's modulus and E' = E for plane stress and E' = E/(1- u^2) for plane strain.

Therefore the energy release rate failure criterion may also be expressed as: K_I ge K_{Ic} where K_{Ic} is the mode I fracture toughness.

See also

*Fracture
*Fracture mechanics
*Fracture toughness
*J integral
*Stress intensity factor


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