Vol.3, No 13, 2003 pp. 533-552
UDC 539.219.2  620.1

FAILURE METHODOLOGY OF MODE-II LOADED CRACKS
Jörg F. Kalthoff
Experimental Mechanics, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
e-mail: Joerg.F.Kalthoff@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Various aspects of the failure behaviour initiated from mode-II loaded cracks are discussed: validity criteria and minimum size specimen requirements for measuring the fracture toughness KIIc; energy balance of the process of initiation of kinked cracks including compressive notch tip stress concentrations; failure mode transition from tensile cracks to adiabatic shear bands at high loading rates; loading rate dependence of the dynamic fracture toughness KIId in the regime of failure mode transition. Findings of studies on these subjects are presented and implications of the results for practical applications are discussed. The failure behaviour of mode-II loaded cracks is found very different and far more complicated than of mode-I loaded cracks, generalizations from mode-I to mode-II can therefore be severely misleading.

METODIKA LOMA OPTEREĆENIH PRSLINA MODA II
Razmatraju se različiti aspekti ponašanja pri lomu koji započinju iz opterećenih prslina moda II: kriterijumi validnosti i minimalni prohtevi veličine uzorka za merenje žilavosti loma KIIc; ravnoteža energije procesa inicijacije uvojitih prslina uključujući kompresivne koncentracije napona vrhova ureza; prelaz moda loma sa tegljivih prslina na adijabatske smicajne trake pri visokim stopama opterećenja; zavisnost stope opterećenja dinamične žilavosti loma KIId u režimu prelaza moda loma. Prikazani su nalazi studija na ove teme, i razmotrene implikacije rezultata za praktične primene. Utvrdjeno je da je ponašanje pri lomu  opterećenih prslina moda II veoma drugačije i daleko složenije od opterećenih prslina moda I, tako da uopštavanja sa moda I na mod II mogu dovesti do jako velikih grešaka.