2024/10/31 by Florian Paysan, Paysan, Florian, David Melching +3
Computer Science · Engineering · #Applied Physics (physics.app-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Fatigue and fracture mechanics #Non-Destructive Testing Techniques #Optical measurement and interference techniques
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2410.24084
openalex publication_date 2024/10/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The link between microscopic mechanisms and macroscopic behaviour, represented by the da/dN-ΔK curve, plays an increasingly important role in relating the fatigue crack growth curve required for component design to the underlying physics. High-resolution digital image correlation (HR-DIC) allows for in-depth analysis of microscopic fatigue crack growth mechanisms, but is rarely used to determine the SIF of the crack tip. This paper examines the applicability of the interaction integral in HR-DIC data and identifies factors that should be considered when evaluating the integral results. A major influence is the integration near the PZ, which leads to an erroneous increase in the calculated SIF result. In addition, the large integration path gaps required in HR-DIC around the crack path significantly hinder accurate results. The effect of the crack face contact is overall small. While it slightly increases the SIF result, it does not correlate with the crack opening load Kop.