An experimental study and theoretical evaluation on the effect of specimen geometry and loading configuration on recorded fracture toughness of brittle construction …

H reza Karimi, J Bidadi, MRM Aliha, A Mousavi… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geometry and loading condition of cracked specimens may affect the fracture toughness
results and hence the evaluation of differences in measured fracture toughness values is …

Fracture assessment of polymethyl methacrylate using sharp notched disc bend specimens under mixed mode I+ III loading

MRM Aliha, F Berto, A Bahmani, S Akhondi… - Physical …, 2016 - Springer
Mixed mode I/III behavior of Perspex (polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)) is studied
experimentally and theoretically in this research using a new and simple laboratory test …

Investigation of fracture toughness for a polycrystalline graphite under combined tensile-tear deformation

A Bahmani, MRM Aliha, F Berto - Theoretical and Applied Fracture …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present contribution, mixed mode I/III fracture toughness of a polycrystalline graphite is
studied experimentally, numerically and theoretically using a new designed test specimen. A …

Mixed mode I/II fracture investigation of Perspex based on the averaged strain energy density criterion

MRM Aliha, F Berto, A Bahmani, P Gallo - Physical Mesomechanics, 2017 - Springer
In this work, some recent mixed mode I/II fracture toughness results obtained from Perspex
(or polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)) with four simple cracked specimens subjected to the …

An experimental and theoretical comparison of CCNBD and CCNSCB specimens for determining mode I fracture toughness of rocks

MD Wei, F Dai, Y Liu, NW Xu… - Fatigue & Fracture of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The cracked chevron notched Brazilian disc (CCNBD) specimen, suggested by the
International Society for Rock Mechanics for testing mode I fracture toughness of rocks …

Energy-based approach for fracture assessment of several rocks containing U-shaped notches through the application of the SED criterion

J Justo, J Castro, S Cicero - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This work presents an energetic continuum approach for the fracture assessment of rocks
containing U-shaped notches and subjected to Mode I loading conditions. Three different …

A review of the fatigue strength of structural materials under multiaxial loading in terms of the local energy density

F Berto, J Torgersen… - Engineering Solid …, 2017 - growingscience.com
A review of some recent data from multiaxial fatigue data from different notched materials is
carried out in the paper. The approach based on the strain energy density (SED) averaged …

Estimation of fatigue life under multiaxial loading by varying the critical plane orientation

A Carpinteri, M Kurek, T Łagoda, S Vantadori - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fatigue life of different metallic materials under multiaxial loading is evaluated by employing
the critical plane-based criterion proposed by some of the present authors. According to …

Mixed mode I/III brittle fracture in round-tip V-notches

B Saboori, MR Ayatollahi, AR Torabi, F Berto - Theoretical and Applied …, 2016 - Elsevier
Two stress-based failure criteria, presented in the past to study brittle fracture in engineering
components weakened by a blunt V-notch under mixed mode I/II loading, are extended in …

Mixed mode I/II crack initiation from U-notches in Al 7075-T6 thin plates by large-scale yielding regime

AR Torabi, A Campagnolo, F Berto - Theoretical and Applied Fracture …, 2016 - Elsevier
The main goal of the present research is to check to see if the recently proposed Equivalent
Material Concept (EMC) can successfully be used together with the well-known brittle …