PHOTOELASTIC STRESS ANALYSIS OF CRACK PROPAGATION WITHIN A COMPRESSIVE STRESS FIELD by EMANUEL G. BOMBOLAKIS Geol. Eng., Colorado School of Mines (1952) M.S., Colorado School of Mines (1959) SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMEXNTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY February, Signature of Author .t. .-. ......... g 1963 .* *..-. ..- rnet**a0v&..... **. Department of Geology and Geophysics, January 7, 1963 Certified by ....... Thesis Supervisor Accepted by ....................... . i tt........................... . Chairman, Departmental Committee on Graduate Students ABSTRACT Title; Photoelastic Stress Analysis of Crack Propagation within a Compressive Stress Field. Author: Emanuel G. Bombolakis Submitted to the Department of Geology and Geophysics on January 7, 1963 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Brittle shear fracture may not result from the growth of a single flaw, as in the case of fracture produced by purely tensile stress. The coalescence of two or more flaws apparently is necessary to form a macroscopic shear fracture surface or fault. When a critical Griffith crack, isolated within a compressive stress field, begins to grow, it curves out of its initial crack plane into a direction approaching that of the maximum-compression, Propagation ceases when this orientation is attained, for the r3. stress level required to initiate fracture is not sufficient to maintain it; i.e., tensile stress concentrations at the heads of the fracture diminish below the theoretical tensile strength of the material at this stage of fracture. Photoelastic stress analysis indicates that (1) a particular en echelon distribution of Griffith cracks and (2) a crack separation of somewhat less than twice the crack length are required to permit coalescence of flaws when the applied compression is of smaller magnitude than the theoretical tensile strength of the material. Thesis Supervisor: William F. Brace Title: Associate Professor of Geology - ANW-0- - _,__ - , __ -, -,- __ __ - ____ TABLE OF O0NTENTS Abat~ct * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * , * * * *. *99909....9 0~eOeOO 0e 0O...0*O 1 ..... Introduction.*..........................*......... 11 2 Extension of the Griffith Theory..................... -.... Experimental 6 Method.......*...*.*.***.....--.-... Single-Crack Problem.................. ..... 9 ...... ....- 9 Representation of crack shape by an ellipse..... ----. ..... 12 Fracture analysis of a critical "Griffith crack" ..... Many-Crack Problem..................... .. 19 ---.. Test of crack separation...............--.... Effect of en echelon distribution of "Griffith cracksR on tensile stress concentrations........ 20 ..... ..... 23 ..... ..... 26 Coalescence of "Griffith cracks"............ Conclusions and Implications......................-- 30 Acknowledgments...........................----------- 34 Suggestions for Further Investigation................ 35 Biography of the Author.............................. 36 Extension of the Griffith Theory........ 1-A ..... Appendix A: Appendix B: Phn+nelastic 9-A ..... Addendum...................------...----------- 1-B Experimental Method..................... . method........* .-----------.. -------. 9*. 1-B Experimental technique................... ........-----.-- 8-B iii Page Appendix C: Experimental Results............. .. Representation of crack shape by an ellipse............ 1-C 1-C Fracture analysis of an isolated, critical triffith crack.lO-C Test of crack separation........ ............. Analysis of en echelon distributions of *Griffith cracks..25-C Appendix D: Error Analysis...... Bibliography.. .... ............................................ .*...*.*.*.*.**.* ........ 1-D 37 ILLUSTRATIONS Text Page Figure 1: Elliptic coordinates and definition of crack boundary 3 ................................ Figure 2: Several of the successive stages in the development of "branch fractures" emanating from a critical "Griffith crack".................. Figure 3: 15 Fracture produced at a critical *Griffith crack" isolated within a compressive stress ........................................ 18 4: "Fracture" of "Griffith cracks" with a "crack separation" of twice the "crack length".... 21 Figure 5: Orientation of a shear fracture surface, as a function of overlap, crack separation, and inclination of en echelon Griffith cracks......... 24 Figure Figure 6: Effect of varying overlap, between "Griffith cracks", on the "fracture" of en echelon "Griffith cracks* with three-fourth's "crack 25 length" separation............................. Appendix B Page Figure 1-B: Figure 2-B: Simplified, diagramnatic representation of a polariscope...............-.--.....--. .. Loading system designed to produce a field of uniform compression within a photoelastic plate.................. Appendix C Figure 1-C: 2-B ..10-B Page Isoclinic pattern produced by a dumbellshaped hole in a plate subjected to uniaxial compression perpendicular to the long axis of the hole..............................----- -. 2-C Pare Figure 2-C: Isoclinic pattern produced by a slotshaped hole in a plate subjected to uniaxial compression perpendicular to the long axis of thehole........................ 3-C Figure 3-C: Isoclinic pattern produced by an elliptic cavity in a plate subjected to uniaxial compression perpendicular to the major axis of the cavity............................... 4-c 4-C: Isoclinic pattern produced by a slotshaped hole, inclined at 404 to the axis-of applied compression...................... 7-C Figure 5-C: Isoclinic pattern produced by an elliptic cavity, with a major axis inclined at 404 to the axis of applied compression............... 8-0 Figure 6-C: Comparison of the theoretical and photoelastically measured variations of stress at the boundary of a critically Figure inclined elliptic cavity.........................ll-C Figure 7-C: Comparison of theoretical and measured stress variations at boundaries of inclined elliptic cavities having a "crack separation" of twice the length of their major axes..........21-C Figure 8-C: Comparison of the theoretical variation of stress, at the boundary of a critically inclined cavity in an infinite plate subjected to uniaxial compression, with the measured variations of stress at elliptic cavities of the same orientation and shape, but differing in their proximity to neighboring elliptic cavities..........*...* .**... -- - - .-O--- - .24-0 Plate I: Comnarison of interference fringe patterns produced at cavities of varied shape................ 5-C Plate II: Photoelastic stress analysis of the Single Crack Problem.....*.. ...........------- Plate III: Photoelastic stress analysis of the effect of 'crack separation"......... Plate IV: *-.12-C ........... 20-C Photoelastic stress analysis of the 6 effect of half "crack length" overlap............2 -C PHOTOELASTIC STRESS ANALYSIS OF CRACK PROPAGATION WITHIN A C0MPRESSIVE STRESS FIELD Introduction The ordinary tensile strength of a brittle material is far less than its theoretical tensile strength, often by as much as a factor of 103. The Griffith theory of brittle fracture (Griffith, 1924) explains this great discrepancy by postulating that a natural solid material contains flaws. The effect of such flaws, or *Griffith cracks", is to provide local sources of high tensile stress concentrations, even when the material is subjected to compressive stresses. Fracture ensues when the value of the most critical ten- sile stress concentration equals the theoretical tensile strength. The Griffith theory has proven to be a fundamental criterion of brittle fracture, under tensile loading conditions, for isotropic materials such as glass (Griffith, 1921, p. 172). Whether it is valid for brittle isotropic materials subjected to compression - and, in suitably modified form, whether it is valid for rock materials in compression -- remains to be determined. One step in the right direction towards this end is to inquire as to the directions in which flaws will propagate in consequence of the conditions given in the Griffith theory. This already has been done for the case of simple tension (Wells and Post, 1968'), but not for the case of uniaxial compression. We consider here the crack propagation of an ellipticallyshaped flaw isolated within a compressive stress field, developing Griffith's theory to include two-dimensional elliptic flaws of finite width and to predict their initial direction of crack propagation, then proceeding with photoelastic stress analysis to determine the subsequent path of propagation. The effect of neighboring flaws on the crack propagation of a dangerous crack also is considered. 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I. .I TI -I . . -I- A I: - , '. , , T: ,: " .:. , : .-,; - 'T , ., ;, ,, . ), _11 ,,' i_., , -, . -, 'i _ ~ -~ The conditions for extremals are . - = 0 and -- which respectively yield (2) e~4~' Dw~ e and Aw e Equation (2) implies that when recoo,a2 -- must be a small quantity of order r, , is very small; i.e., when the elliptic cavity is highly eccentric. As Ode' (1960, p. 296) has shown, this approximation leads to the results of Griffith; e.g., when (4) = cosa 3P / Q<O, - Ode' also shows that (5) Max.( Equation (4) 1 * ( determines the critical orientation of the Griffith crack with respect to P and Q, and (5) is the tensile stress concentrationacting somewhere near the ends of the crack. These equations do not apply to an elliptic cavity unless it is highly eccentric, nor can the initial direction of crack propagation be predicted adequately without knowing the locations of the tensile stress concentrations. However, the above-mentioned approximation need not be made. It can be shown more generally (see Appendix A) that (6) cos 2) (7) Max. =2 - 2 sinh - and 2 (a/b)2 4ab PQ , with the positions of the maximum tensile and compressive stress concentrations given by = cos 2 (8) h 2 2 ,. 2 . ,2. - 2 ( cosh 21 The magnitude of the maximum compressive stress concentrations is shown in Appendix A to be three times that of the maximum tensile In (7), a and b resnectively represent the stress concentrations. semi-major and semi-minor axes of the elliptic cavity. There are two criteria determining the most dangerous elliptic flaw. if Equations (6), (7), and (8) comprise one criterion. the applied stress is tensile, or if cause (6) and (8) to take on values 9 However, values of P, Q, and fl or (-1, then (7) does not apply. Instead, the condition for extremals implied by (2) and (3) is A4' 2 :A ' 0 ,and the appropriate stress concentrations are those given by Timoshenko and Goodier (1951, Chapter 7). Griffith's expression, 3P / Q <0, for the validity of (6) and (7), follows from these conditions if the elliptic cavity is highly eccentric. The initial direction of propagation for fracture now may be calculated. If the crack boundary is defined alternatively by 2 a2 2 b2 b then the slope at any point on the boundary is b2 dx) y Referring to Figure 1, this may be expressed as tank: = - - cot = -cotC. Thus, the initial direction of propagation is given by (9) tan* ( , where a tanD( Once fracture begins to propagate, the problem becomes too difficult to be treated analytically, for the boundary of the fracture surface no longer can be represented by an ellipse, but the problem can be investigated further by means of a photoelastic stress analysis. The photoelastic method proposed in this investigation analyzes the problem in a static step-by-step manner, whereas actual fracture is a dynamic process. However, the photoelastic experiments of Post (1951) and Wells and Post (1959) have demonstrated that the results of a static analysis of tensile fracture compare favorably with the results of a dynamic analysis. Experimental Method Basically, the experimental method employed is to prepare a model by cutting a suitably oriented elliptical cavity in a plate of photoelastic material, to determine photoelastically the positions of maximum tensile stress concentrations at the cavity when the plate is subjected to plane stress, to cut away an increment of material in a direction perpendicular to the "crack boundary" at each position of the tensile stress concentrations, then to determine the new positions of the maximum tensile stress concentrations photoelastically for the same state of applied stress, and to remove another increment of material in a direction perpendicular to the extended "crack boundary" at each new position of the tensile stress concentrations. Proceeding in this manner, the elliptical cavity gradually is extended to simulate the geometry of fracture that should result as a critical Griffith crack propagates. Photoelasticity is based upon the phenomenon of temporary double refraction produced in certain transparent materials when they are subjected to stress. A model of a given problem is made from photoelastic material, then loaded in the same manner as the problem under consideration, and placed between Polaroid sheets, normal to the incident light, in an instrument called a polariscope. When the model is viewed in the field of polarized light, two phenomena are observed. One is the isoclinic, a black band or fringe denoting the locus of points of common inclination of the principal stresses. The other is the interference fringe, along which the principal stress difference, magnitude. -Wfo , is of constant The relation between stress and optical effect is linear, and is given in most texts on photoelasticity as (10) a--Qr * J F.C.* t where F.C. is the fringe constant of the mate-rial, thickness of the model, and fringe. n t is the is the order of the interference At a free boundary, one of the principal stresses is zero; the other is calculated directly from (10). In the black-field arrangement of the polariscope, obtained by crossing the planes of transmission of the Polaroid sheets, integral-order interference fringes are produced with 3, ... n = 0, 1, 2, The light-field arrangement is obtained by rendering the transmission planes parallel. In this case, half-order interval interference fringes are produced with appropriate values of n n = 1, l-, 4, Thus, ... in (10) determine, for example, the stress along the boundary of an elliptic cavity in a plate subjected to compression. Axial compression loading of the sample was produced with portable Blackhawk pumps and rams. The punp-ram-pressure gage assembly was calibrated with dead-weight loads to determine friction, as a function of load level, in the loading system. Accuracy was 10 psi. The rams were braced in thc plane of the loading frame to achieve and maintain axial loading. Ram loads were distributed through a system of steel bars and pins to produce a field of uniform compression within a photoelastic plate (see Appendix B). 4 Plexiglass models were made to determine isoclinics; plexiglass has such a high fringe constant that interference fringes do not obscure the isoclinics. Interference fringes were obtained in models made from Columbia Resin #59. A - dwaii-m- white-light source was employed in isoclinic determinations, whereas a mercury-green-light source provided monochromatic light for the study of interference fringes. Introduction of quarter-wave plates in the polariscope permits isoclinics to be eliminated without affecting interference fringes (see Frocht, 1941). Thus, isoclinics are prevented from obscuring the interference fringe patterns. Each model tested was held by a plexiglass retaining jig, bolted to the loading frame, to prevent axial bending and to maintain the plane of the model in the plane of the loading frame. A check for bending is provided by a particular property of the isoclinics formed in the model. Wherever points of zero stress occur in a nonhomogeneous stress field, the directions of the principal stresses are indeterminate. Four such points occur at the boundary of an elliptic cavity in a plate subjected to plane stress. Consequently, isoclinics in the vicinities of points of zero stress must converge at these points. If bending were involved, this condition would no longer hold. Thus, the observa- tion that the isoclinice did converge at the points of zero stress provided evidence that bending was negligible. Single-Crack Problem Representation of Crack Shape by an Ellipse: Is it reasonable to represent the longitudinal cross-section of a crack by an ellipse having the same length and radius of curvature at the ends? According to Inglis's theoretical analysis (1913, p. 222), if the ends of a cavity are approximately elliptic in form, then it is legitimate in calculating the stresses at these points to replace the cavity by a complete ellipse having the same total length and end formation. This is a basic tenet of the Griffith theory. An experimental test of Inglis's conclusion was performed by photoelastic stress analyses (see Appendix c) on a dumbell-shaped hole, a slot, and an elliptic cavity having a common length and radius of curvature (,4 = 1/16) at the ends. (i") Disturbances of the applied compressive stress field by the presence of each cavity were remarkably similar, even with respect to positions of points of zero stress on the boundaries of the cavities. Each cavity was oriented with its long axis perpendicular to the applied load. The stress concentrations at cavity ends were found to be the same, and in satisfactory agreement with the stress concentration theoretically predicted. Murray and Durelli (1993) made a photoelastic stress analysis on an elliptic cavity of this orientation, for various combinations of biaxial stress. Their experiments confirm equation (2). Another test was made of the Inglis conclusion, this time on a slot with its long axis inclined at 400 with respect to Q. angle of orientation was calculated from equation (6), The setting P = 0, for a critically-inclined "equivalent" ellipse, to be circumscribed about the slot, having the slot's length (il") and radius of curvature ( = 1/16") at the ends. Thus, after a photo- elastic stress analysis was made of the slot in a field of uniaxial compression, the slot was enlarged artificially into the form of the ellipse circumscribed about the slot. Then, this elliptic cavity' s disturbance of the superimposed stress field was analyzed photoelastically. In the case of the slot, the compressive and tensile stress concentrations were found to be in the ratio of 3:1, precisely as predicted for a critically-inclined elliptic cavity, but they were approximately 33% greater in magnitude than those obtained at the 1equivalent" elliptic cavity for the same applied stress. equation (7), the factor 2 In is related to the eccentricity of the ellipse, or to departure of shape of an elliptically-shaped cavity from the shape of a circular hole. Now, if an ellipse, having the same length and width as the slot, instead is chosen for comparative calculations, good agreement is found between the stress concentrations obtained at the slot boundary and those calculated for an ellipse inscribed in the slot. For example, the maximum tensile stress concentration generated at the slot boundary was (1.51 d .05)*4I , whereas equation (7) gives (1.56 for the elliptic cavity just described vs. (1.12 the ellipse circumscribed about the slot. .06).iQI .01).+41 for The probable errors shown here were calculated by the method given by Topping (1957, p. 20); see also Appendix D. An alternative suggestion, made by J. Walsh of M.I.T., possibly reconciles the two cases of orientation treated above. He suggests that a more pertinent modification of the Inglis conclusion may be to replace a flaw by an ellipse having the same length, but also having the same radius of curvature at its point of maximum tension as at the point of maximum tension on the flaw boundary. on this may be made in the case of the inclined slot. A check The radius of curvature at the point of maximum tension of the inclined slot is approximately 0.063". The radius of curvature, calculated for the theoretical point of maximum tension at the boundary of the ellipse inscribed in the slot, is 0.065". Fracture analysis of a critical "Griffith crack"; As mentioned above, a photoelastic strees analysis was made of an elliptic cavity, U" long with a radius of curvature of 1/16" at its ends, critically inclined at 400 with respect to the axis of uniaxial compression. The magnitude of the measured tensile stress concentrat ions agrees with that predicted by equation (7), their measured positions on the cavity boundary ( T and ~ 300 30, o 2100 Z 30) also provided experimental confirmation of equation (8). Thus, the initial direction of crack propagation predicted by equation (9) would be C = 500. A small circular cut was made in this direction at each of the two points of maximum tension, normal to the plane of the model, to simulate an initial stage of fracture. Once fracture actually begins, the direction of propagation no longer is defined by (9). Referring to Figure 2, imagine that each of two vectors is drawn outward from, and perpendicular to, the cut at each new position of maximum tension. acute angle Od, Let each vector be defined by an measured between the major axis of the former elliptic cavity and the vector. Then /d defines the new direction of crack propagation. The eft ect of varying the radius of curvature of the circular cut was tested by increasing the radius of curvature from 1/52" to 1116", equal to that at the ends of the elliptic cavity. new positions of maximum tension were unaffected; i.e., (1.12 .05) 441 (1.55 ,4'remained However, the 1/32"-cut constant with a value of approximately 55 . gave rise to a maximum tension of The .05).IQ as opposed to obtained when the radius of curvature of the cut was enlarged to 1/16". But this latter value of maximum tension is the same as that generated on the unmodified boundary of the elliptic cavity. Evidently, the radius of curvature at the tips of an initial fracture cannot be much greater than the radius of curvature at the ends of the crack which gives rise to fracture, otherwise the maximum tension developed would be below the theoretical tensile strength of the material. If the radius of curvature at the tips of the initial fracture is smaller than that at the ends of the Griffith crack, then brittle fracture likely proceeds initially with an accelerating velocity. I It seems reasonable to assume, on the basis of the structure of matter, that at the tips of the propagating fracture, the radius of curvature is of similar magnitude as the radius of curvature at the ends of the crack that gives rise to fracture. Henceforth, all artificial "fractures" will be cut with a radius of cufivature at "fracture" tips equal to the radius of curvature at the ends of the "Griffith crack" machined in the photoelastic model. Figure 2 shows several of the successive stages in the development of "branch fractures" having a radius of curvature of 1/16" at their ends. The "branch fractures" were extended by increments equal to the radius of curvature, with each step Angle df gradually diminished from analyzed photoelastically. 550 to almost 400; i.e., the "branch fractures" arched into positions semi-parallel to the direction of uniaxial compression. During the transition of Af from 550 to 450, the maximum tension at the heads of the "branch fractures" maintained the same magnitude as the maximum tension of (1.12 that had .05)-4Qj developed on the unmodified boundary of the stressed elliptic cavity. However, as 4fddecreased from 450 to almost 400, the tensile stress concentrations at the heads of the "branch fractures" diminished to a constant value of (0.85 Z Q .05)4 . Further artificial extension of the "branch fractures" did not alter this value, nor the value of / . -4--- f 4 - - The implication of these results is that a critically inclined Griffith crack will produce branch fractures that may cease to propagate when they approach an orientation parallel to the direction of uniaxial compression, unless (a) the radius of curvature at the heads of the branch fractures is small enough to ensure that the tensile stress concentrations there do not diminish below the theoretical tensile strength of the material; or (b) the kinetic energy associated with fracture contributes to the crack extension force sufficiently to continue propagation of the branch fractures; or (c) the effect of other nearby flaws facilitates extension of fracture. Case (a) is unlikely because, if the branch fractures continue to extend parallel to the direction of uniaxial compression, the geometry of the fracture becomes less asymmetric and, according to Inglis's analysis, it may be replaced by an ellipse with a major axis parallel to the direction of uniaxial compression. For such an oriented elliptical cavity (Timoshenko and Goodier, 1951, p. 203), the magnitude of the tensile stress concentrations is the same as the magnitude of the applied compression, regardless of the radius of curvature at the ends. Therefore, the magnitude of the applied compression actually would have to be increased until it equaled the theoretical tensile strength of the material before the branch fractures could continue to propagate. Case (b) also is unlikely. Curvature of the "branch fractures" takes place over only a modest distance in comparison to "crack length". Apparently, there would be too little time for a significant build-up of kinetic energy by the time the branch fractures become parallel to the direction of uniaxial compression. To test the results of the static photoelastic analyses, and their implications, it fracture. was decided to perform a dynamic test of A 2"-long slit was cut with a 1/32"-diameter end mill in a 0.085"-thick plate of plexiglass, which measured almost 6" in width and 4 1"in height. Q respect to The critical inclination of the slit with was in the range 300 4 , based on calculations of (6) for an ellipse circumscribed about the slit and for an ellipse inscribed in the slit. was 320. The inclination chosen This is very close to the theoretical inclination of the most dangerous Griffith crack when the applied stress is uniaxial compression. Assuming that the latter ellipse gives a better estimate of the stress concentrations, equation (7) indicates that the maximum tension should be approximately 16.5*)Qj during loading. The result of the experiment is shown in Figure 3. It confirms the results and implications of the photoelastic stress Figure 5: Fracture produced at a critical "Griffith crack" isolated within a compressive stress field. A 2*-long slit, similating a critical Griffith crack, was cut in a thin plate of plexiglass by a 1/52"diameter end mill. Branch fractures ceased propagation under continued load when the direction of propagation attained a semi-parallel orientation with the vertical axis of applied compression. Photograph taken of the plate under load, with a white-light source in the light field arrangement of the polariscope. analyses, and rules out cases (a) and (b). At a load of approximately 1000 pounds, contact was established between the loading pins and two subsidiary thin plates (see Appendix C) designed to contribute mechanical stability to the loading pins at high load levels. Fracture in the test plate occurred at approximately a 1300 pound load, with no noticeable drop in the gage reading. The implication here is that much of the fracture history, in specimens such as rocks, may go unnoticed during loading. The tensile stress concentrations must have been greater than 30,000 psi at the moment of failure in the test plate. Continued increase in the load from 1300 pounds to 1900 pounds could not cause the fracture to propagate further. In view of these values, the load would have to be greatly increased before the fracture would again propagate. Evidently, the sharpness of a crack is not a criterion of how far it will propagate. discussed here had an axial ratio of asb The "Griffith crack" = 64:1, whereas the elliptic cavity in the photoelastic model only had an axial ratio In both cases, lengths of branch fractures were of asb = 2:1. less than the 'track length" of the "Griffith crack" from which they emanated. Many-Crack Problem Case (c), described above, remains in question; viz., the effect of neighboring flaws on the crack propagation of a critical Griffith crack. Now, certain restrictions must exist, placing limits on the distribution of flaws in order that a critical Griffith crack may continue to propagate or to coalesce with its neighbors. It individual flaws are situated far enough apart from one another, say by distances of 100 times the crack length, then each will behave as if it were isolated within the applied compressive stress field, for the disturbance of the superimposed stress field -by a flaw diminishes rapidly within a distance of several crack-lengths from the flaw. Therefore, one restriction would seem to be concerned with the amount of crack separation between individual flaws. Test of Crack Separation: As a first step in the analysis of this problem, a critical "Griffith crack", surrounded by four elliptic cavities of the same size and shape, was considered. The central cavity, 3/8" long with a radius of curvature of 3/64" at its ends, the major axis inclined at 400 with respect to Q, was cut in a 401"-square plate of G.R. 39. The surrounding cavities were inclined at 600 in the same direction with respect to Q. Each was placed so that boundaries of nearoet neighbors were separated by 3/4"; i.e., with a %rack separation" of twice the "crack length" (see Figure 4a). Measured boundary stresses compared favorably with those predicted for an isolated elliptical hole in an infinite plate subjected to compression. The principal effect due to proximity of the cavities was a mutual increase in the tensile stress 2~~~ ~~ - q 3- COCL LL, cr.~ lJL (D v UJ U LLI0 CLOCL=Q +- zz -o -- --- O W ZO 2z 1 sWU U) us Z m : - z COO w - Q R 02 z Wr z Oz 2 ca e 40 sU (o 3- -A- qOW f ldi .cy I. MOMMPNWM - - I - concentrations. They differed by (20 1 4)% from the theoretical tensile stress concentrations, whereas the measured compressive stress concentrations were less than 7 smaller in magnitude than the theoretical compressive stress concentrations. Since the maximum tensile stress concentrations were essentially the same at all cavities, "branch fractures" were extended from each in the manner described previously. The result is shown in Figure 4b. Surprisingly, "branch fractures" of the surrounding elliptic cavities "propagated" faster than did the "branch fractures" emanating from the central cavity. That is, a greater maximum tension developed at "branch fractures" of the surrounding cavities than at "branch fractures" of the central cavity, and this relationship was maintained until all "branch fractures" had achieved the same direction of "propagation". As before, as in the case of an isolated elliptic cavity, "propagation" ceased when the "branch fractures" had attained an inclination within 50 of the 4-axis, for the tensile stress concentrations had diminished below the value that would have been obtained on the unmodified boundaries of the elliptic cavities. Evidently, a crack separation of twice the crack length is insufficient for coalescence of Griffith cracks when the magnitude of the applied compression is less than the theoretical tensile strength of the material, even though the branch fractures be on a collision course. Effect of En Lchelon Distribution of "Grifcfith Cracks" on Tensile Stress Concentrations: Photoelastic stress analyses were made of three separate groups of en echelon elliptic cavities identical in size, shape, orientation, and "crack separation". Again, a "crack length" of 3/8" was chosen with a radius of curvature of 3/64" 0 ends of the cavities, their major axes inclined at 40 respect to Q. at the with Since a "crack separation" of twice-the -"ciack length" proved ineffective for coalescence of the flaws in the preceding investigation, a "crack separation" of three-fourth's "crack length" was employed between the three holes of each group. "Crack separation" was measured in the manner shown in Figure 4 a; specifically, between the two nearest boundary points of neighboring elliptic cavities. Overlap also was held constant in each group. Therefore, the groups differed from one another only in relative amount of overlap. Overlap is defined diagrammatically in Figure 5. There, the over- lap is k(2a), where 2a is the length of the "Griffith crack". Thus, if k = 0, there is zero overlap; if k crack length" overlap exists; and if full overlap. , then one-half k = 1, we have a case of These were the three cases tested, with the end results shown in Figure 6. If each of the initially elliptic cavities were isolated within a strese field of uniaxial compression, .Ile~~ta -- %A 4 \6 - - 0 z ~ LL~ - C C W ) > .z - < z w I a.t mo ...t a z .. Y. 3c- a C - 4t d 24 ~ z (a tv the maximum tensile stress generated would be (1.12 $ .01).IQI at 300, 2100 at the cavity boundary. The principal effect of zero overlap, with regard to those cavity boundaries facing each other, was to increase the tensile stress concentration to (1.64 Z .05).JQI , and to shift its positions to 450 Z 30, 2250 ends of the major axis. 30, further away from the Proceeding to the case of one-half "crack length" overlap, then to the case of full overlap, the tensile stress concentrations exhibited a progressive decrease in magnitude. The maximum tensile stress obtained for one-half "crack length" overlap was (1.20 2300 = 500 .05)-JQI at 30, 30; whereas, in full overlap relationship, a tensile stress concentration of (0.94 2050 Z 30. .05)-IQI was produced at 25 130, Thus, if such distributions of Griffith cracks were present, the first to fail during loading would be those in zero overlap relationship. Coalescence of "Griffith Cracks"t Figure 6a illustrates the end result for the case of zero overlap; viz., no coalescence even though "branch fractures" passed in close proximity -to neighboring flaws. As soon as the direction of "propagation" became parallel to the Q-axis, the tensile strese concentrations progressively diminished in magnitude with further artificial extensions of the "branch fractures". The "branch fractures" persisted on their course parallel to the axis of applied compression until "propagation' ceased. Therefore, overlap evidently is required if coalescence of Griffith cracks is to occur. Figure 6b represents a stage of impending coalescence of "Griffith cracks" having half "crack length" overlap. initiating "branch fractures", sharp increase from (1.20 diminished to (1.62 0( = 670 to /1 = Upon the maximum tension showed a .05).jQ4 to (1.72 .05).ejQI. It .05)-IQI during "propagation" from 500. The maximum tension then remained constant in magnitude during "propagation" in this direction, even though the "branch fractures" were approaching imminent collision with the hinds of neighboring elliptic cavities. The points of approach on the elliptic cavities were points of compressive stress concentration. The analogy here, perhaps, is the case of fracture produced in the simple bending of a beam of brittle material, in which the fracture propagates into the region of maximum compression. photoelastic experiment, Now, with regard to the collision probably would occur, but did not occur because the remaining material, between "fracture tip" and approached cavitywas becoming too thin for photoelastic stress analysis. In contrast to half "crack length" overlap, the effect of full overlap of the elliptic cavities was to decrease the tensile stress concentrations to (0.94 Z .0-)-IQI where individual cavity boundaries faced one another. Thus, of the three cases tested, this would be the last to fail. No significant change was observed in the tensile stress concentrations when "branch fractures" were initiated, nor during early stages of their extension. However, as opposing "branch fractures" by-passed each other, they entered into local regions of very low stress, and ceased "propagating". As can be seen in Figure "branch fractures". 6 c, only thin ligaments separate opposing Though the ligaments were too thin for reasonable photoelastic stress analysis, the stress levels there must have been rather small. One of the ligaments was less than 0.01" wide, yet an increase in the load to iton neither caused the ligament to buckle or to break. Now, these results do not necessarily imply that coalescence would not be obtained in a case of full overlap of Griffith cracks, for the geometry of Figure 6c may be changed considerably by altering axial ratios and inclination of the elliptic cavities. However, of the three cases tested, the case of half "crack length" overlap is the most conducive for coalescence of Griffith cracks. Brace (unpublished work) has performed carefully controlled experiments leading to fracture of several crystalline rock types. He was able to observe a number of steps in the fracture process preceding the formation of a shear fracture surface. significant observation was that straight segments of grain 28 A boundaries behave like Griffith cracks, and that those in en echelon array app arently were activated preferentially to form the shear fracture surface. If we assume that Griffith cracks of approximately the same length, orientation, crack senaration, and overlap relationship are activated during compression, then the mean inclination of their resulting shear fracture surface (see Figure from tan9 is obtained 2 1-k (11) 5) = si 1 1' -. sing cosY where 9 is measured with respect to 4, is the inclination of the activated Griffith cracks with respect to Q, k is the overlap factor, and a is the crack-separation factor. and S values of interest are 0< k <l if Griffith cracks oriented at 4/ and The principal K 0 (<s 2. For example, 450 are activated, and if they have one-fourth crack-length separation (s = crack-length overlap (k surface should form at 9 = 450, then 9 310. =4), ) and half then their resulting shear fracture = 27r. Similarly, if k = 1, s = , and By way of illustration, these examples possibly explain why shear fracture surfaces of differing types of brittle rock do not form consistently at precise angles to the axis of applied compression. The en echelon distribution of Griffith cracks also may explain why shear fracture surfaces are irregular. 29 Conclusions and Implications Griffith's theory applies only to cracks of practically infinitesimal width, with each sufficiently separated from its neighbors so that each behaves as if it were isolated within the superimposed stress field. Friction between crack walls has been considered by McClintock and Walsh (in the press). The Griffith theory is extended here to isolated elliptically shaped flaws of finite width, and the initial direction of propagation of such flaws is predicted. Photoelastic stress analysis indicates that the Inglis conclusion, slightly modified, is valid; viz., if the ends of a crack or of an elongate cavity are approximately elliptic in form, then it is legitimate in calculating the stresses at such points to replace the cavity by a complete ellipse having the same total length and similar end formation. The analysis further indicates that the radius of curvature at the tips of an initiating fracture cannot be much greater than the radius of curvature at the end of the flaw that gives rise to fracture, otherwise the maximum tension at fracture tips would be less than the theoretical tensile strength of the material. A critical Griffith crack, isolated within a compressive stress field, gives rise to branch fractures that propagate out of the crack plane, arching into positions semi-parallel to the axis of applied compression. Propagation ceases when this orientation is attained, for the stress level required to initiate fracture is not sufficient to maintain it; i.e., the tensile stress concentrations at the fracture tips diminishes below the theoretical tensile strength of the material at this stage of fracture. The sharpness or eccentricity of such a crack apparently is no criterion as to how far it will propagate, for the length of an individual branch fracture is less than the length of the flaw that gives rise to fracture. When failure did occur in a particular case tested, there was no: noticeable drop in the applied load. Therefore, in actual cases of brittle shear fracture, much of the history of failure may go unnoticed. It follows that brittle shear fracture may not be the result of growth of a single flaw, as in the case of fracture produced by purely tensile stress. The coalescence of two or more flaws apparently is necessary to form a macroscopic shear fracture surface or fault. Photoelastic stress analysis indicates that (1) en echelon overlap between Griffith cracks, and (2) a crack separation of somewhat less than twice the crack length are required to permit coalescence of flaws when the applied compression is of smaller magnitude than the theoretical tensile strength of the material. Artificially produced "branch fractures" exhibited a remarkable persistence of path of "propagation", regardless of the proximity of other flaws in the cases tested. If this observation proves to be generally valid, then an additional condition for coalescence of Griffith cracks is that their branch fractures not propagate into local regions of low stress (e.g., see Figure 6 c). The Griffith equations no longer apply because close proximity of flaws causes stress concentrations to differ in position and magnitude from those calculated from the Griffith equations. However, this does not in itself negate Griffith's theory when the applied stress is compressive. The Griffith theory basically is predicated on the law of conservation of energy and the assumption that a natural solid material contains flaws. It predicts which isolated flaw will be the first to propagate. Therefore, it is the additional assumption of crack isolation which must be modified. Under the above conditions, the Griffith fracture criterion cannot be equated with the fracture stress in compression. IS' fracture produced by purely tensile stress, the critical Griffith crack has its crack plane perpendicular to the axis of applied tension, and so this crack propagates in its own plane with an accelerating velocity; the geometry of fracture here produces instability in the system and this type of fracture ordinarily cannot be stopped. On the other hand, when the applied stress is compressive, the critical Griffith crack is inclined, propagation proceeds out.of the crack plane, and propagation ceases unless neighboring flaws are in favorable proximity, because the maximum tension at fracture tins diminishes below the theoretical strength of the material when the direction of propagation approaches parallelism with the axis of arplied compression. Since it is unlikely that Griffith cracks initially are in optimum configuration for the formation of a shear fracture surface, selective growth of individual flaws or groups of flaws probably occurs during loading in compression. Stages in the culmination of this process may explain the curvature in the stress-strain curve just prior to the formation of a shear fracture surface. In the case of rocks, grain boundaries are a potential source of Griffith cracks, but their branch fractures may cease to propagate if they approach grain boundaries where the stress locally may be small. Brace (unpublished work) has shown that, in certain crystalline rocks tested, straight segments of grain boundaries behave like Griffith cracks, and that those in en echelon array apparently are activated preferentially to form a shear fracture surface. It is particularly significant, therefore, that photoelastic stress analyses indicate that en echelon Griffith cracks of half crack-length overlap undergo crack propagation in preference to those of full overlap relationship. Irregularities of shear fracture surfaces, and their lack of consistent formation at precise angles to stress axes, may be explained in part by equation (11), in which the formation of a shear fracture surface m - is shown to include overlap, crack separation, and crack orientation as independent variables. Considerable support is given to the above conclusions and implications of the static photoelastic stress analyses by an experiment carried to actual fracture. An inclined narrow slot rounded at the ends, simulating a critical Griffith crack in a thin plate subjected to uniaxial compression, gave rise to branch fractures that propagated into an orientation approaching the direction of maximum compression, and ceased propagation in the manner predicted. In the addendum to Appendix A, an analysis of displacements indicates that relatively eccentric, fractureprone Griffith cracks still may be open at depths of a few kilometers in the earth. Thus, the present investigation may be related to certain structural phenomena, such as thrust faulting, occurring at shallow depths in the earth's crust. Acknowledgments Professor William Brace, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, suggested the problem treated in this paper, and he indicated the method by which the problem might be analyzed. The suggestions and criticisms offered by Prof. Brace, Prof. Harry Hughes, and J. Walsh -- helpful. also of M. I. T. -- were particularly Suggestions for Further Investigation J. Walsh has suggested that the path of crack propagation is' controlled by the stress trajectories, particularly the direction of the compressive principal stress. This problem may be analyzed by detailed studies of isoclinics during artificial extensions of "branch fractures". Prof. W. F. Brace suggests that the modified Griffith theory of McClintock and Walsh (in press) might be analyzed photoelastically, taking into account friction between crack walls. In regard to this suggestion, it would be of interest to determine, both analytically and photoelastically, that inclination of a Griffith crack that separates those cracks which close from those which open due to the applied stress. A photoelastic stress analysis should be made to determine critical values of crack separation permitting coalescence of Griffith cracks. More complicated arrays of "Griffith cracks" might also be studied to see if crack propagation and coalescence still is preferred amongst those "Griffith cracks" in more or less half "crack length" overlap. Since the Griffith equations do not apply to Griffith cracks mutually in close proximity, the orientation of a given array of elliptic cavities should be analyzed to determine optimum orientation to obtain a maximized tensile stress concentration, but still leading to coalescence of flaws. Variation of orientation with respect to "crack '5 dimensions" may be checked by reverting successively to more eccentric elliptic cavities. This, of course, is only one step in finding the most optimum array conducive to crack propagation and coalescence of flaws. The general problem may be treated further for biaxial compressive stress, instead of the case of uniaxial compression utilized exclusively in the present investigation. Biography of the Author The author was born May 1, 1924, raised in New York and Colorado, and married Adeline Marie Dezzutti in Denver in 1952. After service in World War II, he attended the Colorado School of Mines, obtaining the degrees of Geological Engineer in 1952 and Master of Science in 1959. During this time, he worked several years as a petroleum geologist. 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(1957), Errors of Observation and their Treatment: Inst. Phys. Monographs for Students, Chapman and Hall, Ltd., London, p. 1-119. Wells, A. and Post, D. (1958), The Dynamic Stress Distribution Surrounding a Running Crack--a Photoelastic Analysis: Proc. Soc. Exp. Stress Analysis, Vol. XVI, No. 1, p. 69-92. APPENDIX A Extension of the Griffith Theory Griffith assumed that a brittle, Hookean material contains randomly oriented microscopic cracks situated sufficiently apart so as not to interact with each other' s disturbance of the superimposed stress field. crack. The question is the distribution of stress around a If crack shape can be represented in two dimensions by an eccentric ellipse, then an approximating mathematical formulation of the problem in the theory of elasticity is one of an elliptical hole in a thin, infinite plate subjected to a biaxial state of stress in This is a boundary-value problem requiring the plane of the plate. the use of elliptic coordinates tically the shape of the crack. here, holding y x and x = C'cosh y = C sinh C fixed, with cartesian coordinates (1) r and to describe mathema- and are related to the by cos sin I as an arbitrary constant, a family of confocal ellipses is generated in which ra defined to be the all iptic boundary of the crack, and focus. Holding C fixed at the same value, with O C is its as an arbitrary constant, a family of confocal hyperbolae is generated. 1-A Thus, coordinate points in the x-y plane are determined by It follows that points intersections of ellipses and hyperbolae. I on the boundary of the crack are determined by eccentric angle. , called the If a circle is circumscribed about the elliptical boundary, then the position of a point on the boundary is obtained by constructing the eccentric angle, of the text). as shown in Figure 1 (p. There, the eccentric angle is defined by an aporopriate radius vector of the circumscribing circle. Dropping . from the end a perpendicular to the major axis of the ellipse of the radius vector, a point of intersection is produced between the perpendicular and T,. The point of intersection represents the position point, corresponding to a given on the boundary , of the elliptically-shaped cavity. The boundary conditions are that the principal stresses, P and Q, act uniformly at infinity in the plane of the plate, and that the The solution for surface of the elliptic cavity is free of stress. the stresses around the cavity was found by Inglis (1913) given by Timoshenko and Goodier (1951, Chapter 7). stresses acting at the crack boundary (2) =0=a (~) (p~..4t4 (Q)er.a. 2-A A'hICOV Accordingly, the are a . and is Following Griffith, we define that Q<P algebraically, with tensile stresses positive and compressive stresses negative. is the inclination of Q Angle 9/ with respect to the major axis of the "crack", measured counterclockwise from the positive x-axis to the direction of Q. Figure 1 shows the stresses acting on an arbitrary is the normal stress acting perpendicular infinitesimal element. to a member of the family of ellipses, whereas U is the normal stress acting perpendicular to a member of the family of hyperbolae. is the shear stress. principal stress at , Thus,(I-)y represents the variation of parallel to the crack boundary. It may seem intuitively obvious on a physical basis that the most dangerous crack in the case of simple tension is that crack with its plane perpendicular to the axis of tension. Such actually is the case if all the randomly oriented cracks are of the same size and shape. Tensile stress concentrations occur at the ends of the crack, and the crack will begin to propagate in its own plane when the tensile strength is reached. For compression, however, the most dangerous crack has its plane inclined to the principal stresses. The Griffith theory, as developed thus far, indicates that the tensile stress concentrations occur somewhere near the ends of this crack, not at the ends (e.g., see Ode, 1960, p. 297), with the result that fracture should begin by propagating out of the plane of the most dangerous crack. To find the initial direction of propagation, the 3-A Griffith theory nust be extended by determining analytically the positions of the maximum tensile stress concentrations on the boundary of the crack. The state of stress at the crack boundary is given by (2). For a given P, Q, and f,9 we have the functional relation ()= t.:() Thus, the conditions for extremals are 0 and __ which respectively yield and (4) .|i. y= g e~ cesu - Here, we have a case of relative maxima and minima, for these equations are satisfied not only by values of i and . : 0 , but for other Computations (Ode', 1960, p. 296) demonstrate that when the applied stress is a tension, the most critical crack (of the set of randomly oriented cracks having the same shape) is that crack with its plane perpendicular to the applied tension, the tensile stress concentrations occurring at the ends of the crack; i.e., when V m. ( 0. Similarly, when the applied stress is compressive, the most dangerous crack is inclined to the externally applied principal stresses. Equation (3) implies that one critical value of small quantity of order r when 4-A is very small. must be a As Ode' (1960) q has shown, this approximation leads to the results of Griffith; 3P / Q (0, the critical orientation of the crack is e.g., when determined by (5) COB A. =- Ode' also shows that the maximum tension at the crack boundary is (6) Max.(j P+Q 4 But (3) and (4) can be solved explicitly for cos al and cosaly in terms of the other parameters without making the above-mentioned approximation. Combining (3) and (4), noting that Ca& . T, - ce a >0 it follows that (7) coae (8) 'u~ae : cALg, - Vp-2_ 0 and ~ _ The positive and negative signs in (8) are related to symmetry. For example, if there is a most dangerous crack inclined to one side of the stress axis in uniaxial compression, then there is potentially another inclined at the same angle to the other side of the stress axis. Thus, choosing the negative sign, (8) reduces to the Griffith condition (5) for T,= 0. However, in virtue of (1), y,=0 implies a slit having a radius of curvature equal to zero at the ends. is a physical impossibility because of the structure of matter. This The radius of curvature at the ends of actual cracks cannot be much less 5-A than the spacing of atomic or molecular planes. Equation (5), though, is a good approximation for very eccentric cracks, provided the walls of the cracks are not forced into mutual contact by the state of applied stress; this last point is given further consideration in the addendum. Since a = C-cosh? respectively represent b= C-sinhr, and the semi-major and semi-minor axes of the elliptically-shaped crack, (7) and (8) also may be expressed as cos =a b2 2 a2 - 8a2b2 p (P b2 -LQ b2 ) (a / b)2 (a 2 - P Q and -Q.Ja/b a -b cosaf CP AQ - * .. l.4ab a 2 - b2 for purposes of calculation. Utilizing (7) we obtain for the stress and (8) in (2), concentrations (9) - (1 ~T 2) ~(P - ( 2 . (a / b) 2 / 44ab If the applied stress is tensile, or if values of F, q, and cause (7) and (8) to take on values greater than /1 or less than -1, then (9) does not apply. extremals implied by (3) and (4) is Instead, the condition for sina = sinty = 0, and the appropriate stress concentrations are those given by Timoshenko and Goodier (1951, 3P / Chapter 7). Griffith's expression, Q <0, for the validity of (5) and (6), follows from these conditions when the elliptic crack is highly eccentric. Thus, there are two criteria predicting the orientation of the most dangerous I elliptic cavity. 6-A The solution for the stress concentrations at a circular hole in a plate subjected to uniaxial compression is well-known, and is given in most texts on the theory of elasticity. and P e 0, (9) reduces to this special case. Setting a = b As for the most critically inclined elliptically-shaped cavity in a compressive stress field, the tensile stress concentration is Max. Equation (6) when , \ and therefore b b a is , a -b Q b a -b] is P very small; e.g., ln(ab/ 2 = ln Z .n P q2 can be shown to be a special case of this result e2 , When ( hab/)2 / n Z for Z)}. small, OOZ z 11 ln Z Thus, 1 1 4 (a / b) 4ab 2 . Equations (7), (8), and (9) also have been given experimental confirmation; this is discussed in Appendix C. The form of (9) shows that both tensile and compressive stresses are generated at the boundary of the inclined elliptic 7-A cavity. Thus, four points of zero stress must exist somewhere Their positions are determined from along the crack boundary. (10) cos.? = e-2t-(cosegV d 1 - i - e-2fe ) (cosalf- EAsinha cos 29 sin2%0 obtained by equating the numerator of (2) with zero. With (7) and (8) giving the inclination of the most dangerous crack and the positions of its tensile stress concentrations, the initial direction of propagation for fracture now may be calculated. If the crack boundary is defined by 2 A.. a2 2 L-b2 , 1, then the slope at any point on the boundary is dx a y. Utilizing (1), and referring to Figure 1 (p. 3 of the text), this may be expressed as tan = -. cot = -cot a( Thus, the initial direction of propagation is given by o( , where (11) tan( a tan 8-A U Addendum The equations of Appendix A may be anplied to isolated elliptic Criteria, for cracks that are still open at the moment of fracture. the case of friction between crack walls, were developed by McClintock and Walsh (in the press). The question arises as to which cracks From the standpoint have been closed before fracture commences. of structural geology, a stress state of interest is F =4, compressive. In terms of a two-dimensional analysis, a growing, compressive, tectonic stress must pass through this stress state before brittle fracture can occur at moderate depths in the earth, because of initial stresses due to overburden. Complex notentials are given by Timoshenko and Goodier (1951, Chapter 7) that satisfy the Airy stress function for the problem of an elliptic cavity in an infinite plate subjected to biaxial stress in the plane of the plate. With P = Q, it can be shown that the cartesian displacements, u and v, at the hole boundary are given by (12) u = v - V x E a E -2- where a is the semi-major axis of the elliptic cavity, b is the semi-minor axis, and E is Young's modulus. 9-A An elliptic crack may be said to close when, at equal to b. y = b and x = 0, v becomes Therefore, (13) b - _2 E a fracture-prone This equation shows that relatively eccentric, cracks still may be open at depths of several kilometers. example, if For the average specific gravity of rocks at moderate depths is approximately 2.5, then the vertical normal stress is approximately -250 bars/km. Q =-250 bars. When P Q at a depth of 1 km, Assuming that Young's modulus is of the order of 10) bars/unit-strain, equation (13) predicts that ellipticallyshaped cracks with axial ratio of aDproximately are still onen. 10-A b:a = .005 APPENDIX B Experimental Method Photoelastic Method: The photoelastic method employs the polariscope, shown diagrammatically in Figure 1-B. In principle, the polariscope is similar to the petrograhic microscope, one difference being that collimated light is used in the polariscope instead of convergent light. This anparatus incorporates a light source, a collimating lens, a pair of crossed polarizing elements, two quarter-wave plates, and a lens system to focus the model image on a ground glass plate. A loading frame, containing the model, is positioned between the quarter-wave plates, with the plane of the model normal to the incident light. In the absence of load, the transparent model does not refract the incident light, for the material of the model is isotropic. Thus, if the polarizing elements (polarizer and analyzer) are crossed with the quarterwave plates removed, no light can be transmitted through the polariscope, and the field of view is dark. When a photoelastic model is subjected to plane stress, each infinitesimal element of the model behaves optically as a uniaxial crystal with its polarizing planes coinciding with two planes of principle stress. Thus, the fundamental laws of photoelasticity are: 1-B Collimated Light Polarizer Figure 1-B: First Quarterwave Plate Model Second Quarterwave Plate Analyzer Simplified, diagrammatic representation of a polariscope. The polarizer and analyzer comprise the crossed polarizing elements (i.e., their polarizing planes are mutually perpendicular in the standard polariscope). 2-B 1. When light of normal incidence is transmitted through a stressed photoelastic material, the light is polarized in the directions of the principal stress axes, and it is transmitted only on the planes of principal stress. 2. The velocity of transmission on each principal plane of stress is dependent upon the magnitudes of both principal stresses. The phenomenological result of the first law is the formation of isoclinics. Imagine that the quarter-wave plates are removed from the polariscope in Figure 1-B. to as a plane polariscope. The instrument is now referred Suppose that at some point in the stressed model the planes of principal stress are inclined with respect to the planes of transmission of the polarizer and analyzer. Plane polarized light transmitted through the tnolarizer is resolved into components that are transmitted through the principal planes of stress at that point in the model. These components, in turn, are resolved into new components transmitted through the analyzer. Thus, light is transmitted through the polariscope for such a point in the model. Now, in contrast, suppose that at another point in the model, the princinal planes of stress are respectively parallel to the transmission planes of the polarizer and analyzer. Plane polarized light can be transmitted through only one plane of principal stress at the 3-B given point in the model, but this plane is perpendicular to the transmission plane of the analyzer. Therefore, the apparent result is extinction of light at the point in question. The locus of such points produces a black fringe or band called an Consequently, a given isoclinic denotes those points isoclinic. in the model where the principal stresses have a particular orientation. The inclination of the principal stresses is defined to be the acute angle 4g , measured between a horizontal axis and the direction of the algebraically minimum principal stress. Angle L is positive if measured counterclockwise from the horizontal axis, negative if measured clockwise. Various isoclinics are obtained by rotating the crossed polarizer-analyzer assembly about the optical axis of the plane polariscope. The parameter %P of an isoclinic readily is determined either by the angle of rotation or by noting the point where the isoblinic intersects a free boundary of the modrl, for the principal stresses must have the same inclinations as the tangent and normal to the free boundary at that point. The phenomenological result of the second law is the formation of interference fringes or isochromatics. stresses Supoose that the principal S' and U differ in magnitude at a given point in the rodel, and that the quarter-wave plates are removed from the polariscope. Let be the solid acute angle measured between the plane of transmission of the polarizer and the principal plane of 07 . Then, in general, two component waves will be resolved from the plane polarized wave incident to the model at the point under consideration. In consequence of the second law, they will be displaced relative to each other as they pass through the model. In turn, these components will be resolved individually into components transmitted through the polarizing plane of the analyzer. If we represent the incident plane polarized wave by the light vector (1) V = A'cos(pt), where A = amplitude of the incident light wave p = 2 frf f = frequency of the monochromatic light t = time, then it can be shown (Hetenyi, 1957, p.tf#) that the resultant light vector emerging from the analyzer is given by (2) R = ti = Asin(2 j) - sin p t 1 - t2 - sin p t - t / t2 ) where time of transmission through the principal plane of t2 = 0 time of transmission through the principal plane of 5-B From the form of the equation and the absence of the variable t, the expression in the larger parentheses represents the amplitude of Thus, the amplitude of the resultant the emergent light vector. vibration is zero when either A = 0, sin(2 = 0p O) or sin p/tl-t2 If A = 0, no light is being transmitted through the polarizer; e.g., the light source is turned off. corresponds to the formation of isoclinics. sin p 1-t2 = 0 The case of sin(2r) However, when 0, there is retardation of the form 122 )p1t2) =nil', for n ~ 0, 1, 2, 3, where n is the order of interference. .... , Therefore, where sinp !L_) equals zero, black interference fringes or bands are produced with a monochromatic light source, and isochromatics (interference color bands) are produced with a white light source. Most texts on the theory of photoelasticity (e.g., Frocht, 1943) show that the relation between the fringe order n and the principal stress difference may be expressed as (4) ( - ) ~ F.C. - h where F.C. is the fringe constant of the photoelastic material, and h is the thickness of the model. Where the interference fringe meets a free boundary, one of the principal streeses is zero; the value of the other is calculated directly from (4). 6-B 0, Isoclinics and interference fringes are superimposed unless the quarter-wave plates are introduced into the polariscope. The isoclinics are eliminated without altering the interference fringes provided that the quarter-wave plates have their optic axes crossed, oriented at 450 with respect to the transmission planes of the polarizer and analyzer. For such an arrangement, the plane polariscope is transformed into a circular polariscope. Mono- chromatic plane polarized light transmitted through the polarizer is converted to circularly polarized light by the first quarterwave plate. Thus, components of the light are transmitted through every material point of the model, regardless of the orientation of the principal stresses, with the result that no isoclinics can form. The second quarter-wave plate reverts the circularly polarized light back to plane polarized light. For further details, see Murray's discussion of photoelastic theory in Hetenyi's Handbook of Exoerimental Stress Analysis. Whereas isoclinics may be eliminated so as to obtain a clear representation of the interference fringes, the reverse cannot be accomplished. As a result, the interference fringe pattern ordinarily is determined more accurately in a photoelastic stress analysis than the isoclinic pattern. To determine isoclinics accurately, duplicate models were prepared from Columbia Resin 39 and plexiglass. C.R. 59 has a moderately low fringe constant, that interference fringes up to the tenth order are obtainable 7-B so with moderate loads. The fringe constant of plexiglass is so high that few interference fringes are obtained under load, permitting isoclinics to be readily observed. The above description of the photoelastic method is based on the dark field arrangement of the polariscope; viz., a polariscope with the transmission planes of the polarizer and analyzer mutually perpendicular. Additional detail of the stress distribution is given by the light field arrangement, obtained by making the transmission planes of the polarizer and analyzer parallel. In this case, half-order interval interference fringes are produced with n =, 11, 2-, Experimental Technique: Axial compression loading was produced with portable P-200 Blackhawk pumps and rams in the loading frame of the polariscope. The pump-ram-pressure gage assembly was calibrated with dead-weight loads to determine friction, as a function of load level, loading system. Accuracy in the load was -5 pounds. in the Allowing for an error of .002" in the caliper measurements of the thickness and width of the photoelastic model, the probable error in the applied compressive stress was within 10 psi. The rams were braced in the plane of the loading frame to achieve and maintain axial loading. Ram loads were distributed through a set of steel bars and Dine to produce a field of uniform compression within a 4j"I 8-B "X " photoelastic plate. The arrangement is shown in Figure 2-B. Twelve loading pins, in the form of circular cylinders spaced equally apart at 3/8"-intervals, were in contact with an edge of the plate. Thus, each pin produced a concentrated load at the plate-edge boundary. The same intensity of load at each pin was ensured by directly adjusting the load at the pin. As indicated in Figure 2-B, this is accomplished by adjusting screws, accessible through keyholes in the superjacent steel bar. Actual adjustments were made under load until interference fringes of the same order had identical symmetry at each pin. The fact that shear stress between a pin and the plate edge was negligible is indicated by the orientation of the plane of If symmetry of the interference fringes produced at each pin. shear were significant, then the concentrated load at the affected pins would be inclined instead of vertical or parallel to the applied load, so that the planes of symmetry also would be inclined. By virtue of St. Venant's Principle (Loveil927 p /7) the pin arrangement described should produce a field of uniform compression within the plate at some distance from the loading pins. Variations in the stress were observed to extend approximately -" from the pins into the plate. 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I.r ,.;I ,, . - !S,--, .I__ - .--I -_ .,I. . , " , . I : . , ,7 I,- compressive load. With a white light source, isochromatics are observed to form. During the transition from red to blue, the complimentary color is a dull purple which is very sensitive to small changes in the principal stress difference. This color is called the tint of passage (Frocht, 1941, vol. 1, p. 169). A very small stress change causes this color to change into red or blue. The color change produced in the plate was almost uniform, except of course in the immediate vicinity of the pins. A check for isoclinics, by removing the quarter-wave plates and rotating the polarizer-analyzer assembly, confirmed that within the plate the principal compressive stress was parallel to the load. The arrangement, shown in Figure 2-B, was contained in a plexiglass retaining jig, bolted to the loading frame, to prevent axial bending and to maintain the plane of the model in the plane of the loading frame. Proper alignment of the model, with respect to the collimated light, was checked by means of the light-field arrangement of the polariscope. If the edges of the model are accurately machined normal to the plane of the model, then the edges appear sharply delineated in the light-field arrangement provided that the model is properly aligned; otherwise, the edges present a diffuse picture. The model was sandwiched between i"-thick plexiglass plates of the retaining jig, which was designed so that almost the entire 11-B load would be transmitted only through the model. Since the plate surfaces are polished, the coefficient of friction is low. If stress had developed in the planes of these plates, then tell-tale isoclinics (in addition to those in the model) would have formed, but none were observed. For the same reason, axial bending also was negligible. An additional and independent check for axial bending is provided by a particular property of the isoclinics formed in the model. Wherever singular points occur (i.e., wherever G in a nonhomogeneous stress field), the directions of the principal stresses are indeterminate. Four such points occur at the boundary of an elliptic cavity in a plate subjected to plane stress. Consequently, isoclinics in the vicinities of the singular points must converge at these points. This condition at singular points would no longer hold if axial beading were involved. Thus, the observation that the isoclinics did converge at the singular points provided additional evidence that axial bending was negligible. All plastics show a certain amount of "time-creep" under load, both in strain and in stress-optical effect. Jessup and Harris (1949, p. 181) found that optical creep at room temnerature is negligible in plexiglass and low in C.R. 39. The elastic creep rate decreases progressively soon after load is applied. To ensure consistent results, the practice was made of maintaining 12-B the load for a period of fifteen minutes before recording data. The principle decrease in a "fixed" load was due to slow leakage of hydraulic fluid at the ram packing. It was decided to photo- graph the model by focusing a Polaroid Land camera on the ground glass plate of the polariscope, instead of taking time exposures with the attached professional camera. Polaroid 3000 speed film is sensitive to the monochromatic mercury green light used for interference fringes, and the high speed of the film enabled pictures to be taken with only several seconds time exposure. 15-B TTY APPENDIX C Experimental Results Representation of Crack Shape by an Ellipse: Is it reasonable to represent the longitudinal cross-section of a crack by an ellipse having the same length and radius of curvature at the ends? According to Inglis's theoretical analysis (1913, p. 222), if the ends of a cavity are approximately elliptic in form, then it is legitimate in calculating the stresses at these points to replace the cavity by a complete ellipse having the same total length and end formation. This is a basic tenet of the Griffith theory. An experimental test of Inglis's conclusion was performed by photoelastic stress analyses on a dumbell-shaped hole, a slot, and an ellipse having a common length (") 1/16") at the ends. and radius of curvature The results are shown in Figures 1-C, 2-C, 3-C, and Plate I. Orientation of the major axis of each cavity is perpendicular to the direction of applied compression. For the same axial load, isoclinic patterns and the distribution and order of the interference figures show that the disturbances of the compression field are remarkably similar, even with respect to positions of the four points of zero stress on the boundary of each cavity. Moreover, the stress concentrations at cavity ends 1-C li Q w 5* 85 0 00 100 so 00 50 850 850 50 0 850 100 00 00 5* Q 00 00 Boo III1 111,11Hes L7messAMM (b) (a) (c) Plate I: Comparison of interference fringe patterns produced by (a) a dumbell-shaped hole, (b) a slot-shaped hole, and (c) an elliptic cavity, each isolated in a *W-&thick plate of C.R. 39 subjected to a compressive stress of -455 psi perpendicular to the long axis of each cavity. Scale is approximately 1:1. Each cavity is -" long, with /' = 1/16" at its ends, where a maximum fringe 2. Light field order of 5 1 occurs. F.C. = 100 arrangement of the polariscope, 5-C are the same, and are in satisfactory agreement with that theoretically predicted. According to the data in Plate I, the stress concentration generated at the ends of each cavity is (4.84 ,L .05)Q, whereas the theoretical stress concentration is (1 /,2a/b)Qor (4.95 _ .07)Q, which allows for an error of .001" in the measurement of the semi-major and semi-minor axes of the elliptic cavity. The points of zero stress at cavity boundaries serve to separate compressive stresses from the tensile stresses acting at the boundary of each cavity. Another test was made of the Inglis conclusion, this time on a slot with its long axis inclined at 400 with respect to Q. The angle of orientation was calculated from equation (6) of p. 5 of the text, setting P Z 0, for a critically-inclined "equivalent" ellipse, to be circumscribed about the slot, having the slot's length (i") the ends. and radius of curvature ( /9 1/16") at Thus, after a photoelastic stress analysis was made of the slot in a field of uniaxial compression, the slot was enlarged artificially into the form of the ellipse circumscribed about the slot. Then, this elliptic cavitIs disturbance of the superimposed stress field was analyzed photoelastically; the interference fringe pattern associated with this cavity is shown in Plate II. The isoclinic patterns of Figures 4-C and 5-C show that the stress patterns of the slot and of the ellipse circumscribed about I it are very similar. In the case of the slot, the compressive and 6-C I -ZIT - -. Qk-- ~41 4-, -I'- ,.--J kL " .irl 4 ~ ~77, F -M w tensile stress concentrations were found to be in the ratio of 3:1. precisely as predicted for a critically-inclined elliptic cavity, but they were approximately 55% greater in magnitude than those obtained at the "equivalent" elliptic cavity for the same applied stress. In equation (7) on p. 5 of the text, the factor (b2 ab is related to the eccentricity of the ellipse, or to departure of shape of an elliptically-shaped cavity from the shape of a circular hole. Now, if thellipse, having the same length and width as the slot, instead is chosen for comparative calculations, good agreement is found between the stress concentrations obtained at the slot boundary and those calculated for an ellipse inscribed in the slot. For example, the maximum tensile stress concentration generated at the slot boundary was (1.51 Z .05)-IQl , .06).IQI whereas equation (7) gives (1.56 for the elliptic cavity just described vs. (1.12 .0l)-IQJ for the ellipse circumscribed about the slot. An alternative suggestion, made by J. Walsh of M.I.T., possibly He suggests reconciles the two cases of orientation treated above. that a more pertinent modification of the Inglis conclusion may be to replace a flaw by an ellipse having the same length, but also having the same radius of curvature at its point of maximum tension as at the point of maximum tension on the flaw boundary. on this may be made in the case of the inclined slot. A check The radius of curvature at the point of maximum tension of the inclined slot 9-0 is approximately 0.063". The radius of curvature, calculated for the theoretical point of maximum tension at the boundary of the ellipse inscribed in the slot, is 0.065. Fracture analysis of an isolated, critical "Griffith crack": As mentioned above, a photoelastic stress analysis was made of the elliptic cavity shown in Figure 5-0 and Plate II. Figure 6-0 compares the theoretical variation of stress along the boundary of the elliptic cavity, as determined from equation (2) on p. 2 of the text, with that determined by the photoelastic method. The agreement is excellent, and provides experimental confirmation of the derived equations (6), (7), and (8) given on p. 5 of the text. For vertical compression acting at 4 0 0 to the major axis of the elliptic cavity shown in Plate II, the positions of maximum 300, 2100. tensile stress on the boundary are Thus, the initial direction of crack propagation predicted by equation (9), on p. 6 of the text, would be a(, 500. A small circular cut was made in this direction at each of the two points of maximum tension, normal to the plane of the model, to simulate an initial stage of fracture. A radius of curvature of 1/32" was chosen for each cut to make the radius of curvature at the tips of the "fracture" smaller than the radius of curvature (1/16") at the ends of the elliptic cavity. Uniaxial compression of -740 psi 10-C U ii. .. 1 Q = (-725 (c): 10) psi At points of maximun tension, n =2, '/Q = 1.10 . .05, and (d): subsequent od = 550 . Q = (-530 / 10) psi (a): At points of maximum tension, fringe order n =1, 1 t Z 500, ''/Q = 1.12 Z .05. and Plate II: Q- i= (-72 10) psi At points of maximum tension, n=l. O'/ 0.83 .05, and terminal / =' 450. Q = (-740 I 10) psi (b) At points of maximum tension, n = 2j, "/Q = 1.35Z .05, and subsequent /$ = 550. Photoelastic stress analysis of the Single Crack Problem, showing several of the stages in the development, if artificial "branch fractures" emanating from an isolated, critical "Griffith crack". (a) is a critically inclined elliptic cavity (%V = 400, a/b = 2, /= 1/16" at the ends). (b) is an initial stage of "fracture", with /= 1/32" at "Fracture tips", which were extended in the initial direction of >ropagation" of eW = 500; subsequent direction would be 4 = 550. In (c), /0 at *fracture tips" is enlarged to 1/16". The terminal stage is shown in (d). Sc le .002"; F.O.= 100 t 2. is 1:1; C.R. 39 model thickness = .250" 12-C produced an interference fringe of 2- order at the new positions of maximum tension at the tips of the "fracture", as shown in Plate II. Since the model is 0.250" thick, equation (10), on p. 7 of the text, specifies that the ibaximur tensile stress developed was approximately 1000 psi, resulting in a tensile .05) as opposed to the stress concentration factor of (1.35 tensile stress concentration factor of (1.12 .05) obtained for the unmodified boundary of the stressed elliptic cavity. The probable errors shown here were calculated by the method given in Appendix D. Once fracture begins, the direction of propagation no longer Referring to (b) in Plate II, is defined by equation (9). imagine that each of two vectors is drawn outward from, and perpendicular to, the "fracture boundary" at each nosition of maximum tension. Let each vector be defined by an acute angle /, measured between the major axis of the former elliptic cavity and the vector. propagation. Then / defines the new direction of crack In the case just discussed, / = 550. Next, the radius of curvature at the tips of the "fracture" was enlarged to 1/16", equal to the radius of curvature at the ends of the elliptic cavity. As shown in (c) of Plate II, the tensile stress concentration factor obtained was of the same magnitude as that obtained for the unmodified boundary of the stressed elliptic cavity. Since . 15-C = 550, the main effect of varying the radius of curvature at the head of the "fracture" is on the magnitude of the maximum tension, not on the ensuing direction of propagation. Evidently, the radius of curvature at the tips of an initial fracture cannot be much greater than the radius of curvature at the ends of the crack which gives rise to fracture, otherwise the maximum tension developed would be If less than the theoretical tensile strength of the material. the radius of curvature at the tips of the initial fracture is much smaller than that at the ends of the Griffith crack, then brittle fracture likely proceeds initially with an accelerating velocity. In proceeding from (c) fractures", to (d) in Plate II, the "branch having a radius of curvature of 1/16" at their ends, were extended by increments equal to the radius of curvature, with each step analyzed photoelastically. from 1550 to approximately 450; i.e., Angle e gradually diminished the "branch fractures" arched into positions semi-narallel to the direction of uniaxial compression. During the transition of /0 the from 550 to 454, maximum tension at the tins of the "branch fractures" maintained the same magnitude as that obtained on the unmodified boundary of the stressed elliptic cavity. However, at a value of to 450, the maximum tension diminished to (0.83 d shown in (d) in Plate II. ,d .03)]Q j , close as Further artificial extensions of the "branch fractures" did not alter this value, nor the value of /4. 14-C The implication of these results is that a critical Griffith crack will produce branch fractures that may cease to oropagate when they approach an orientation parallel to the direction of uniaxial compression, unless (a) the radius of curvature at the heads of the branch fractures is small enough to ensure that the tensile stress concentrations there do not diminish below the theoretical tensile strength of the material; or (b) the kinetic energy associated with fracture contributes to the crack extension force sufficiently to continue propagation of the branch fractures; or (c) the effect of other nearby flaws facilitates extension of fracture. Case (a) is unlikely because, if the branch fractures continue to extend parallel to the direction of uniaxial comnression, the geometry of the fracture becomes less asymmetric and, according to Inglis's analysis, it may be replaced by an ellipse with a major axis oarallel to the direction of uniaxial compression. For such an oriented elliptical cavity (Timoshenko and Goodier, 195l, p. 203), the magnitudes of the tensile stress concentrations are the same as the magnitude of the applied compression, regardless of the radius of curvature at the ends. Therefore, the magnitude of the applied compression actually would have to be increased until it 15-C equaled the theoretical tensile strength of the material before the branch fractures could continue to propagate. Case (b) Curvature of the "branch fractures" also is unlikely. takes place over only a modest distance in comparison to "crack length". Apparently, there would be too little time for a significant build-up of kinetic energy by the time the branch fractures become parallel to the direction of uniaxial compression. To test the results of the static photoelastic analyses, and their implications, it was decided to perform a dynamic test of iracture. A 2"-long slit was cut with a 1/32"-diameter end mill in a 0.085"-thick plate of plexiglass, which measurej almost 6" in width and 4A1" in height. The critical inclination of the slit with 30-0 respect to Q was in the range calculations of equation (6), ( 4J< 40, based on of the text, for an ellipse circumThe scribed about the slit and for an ellipse inscribed in the slit. inclination chosen was 320. This is very close to the theoretical inclination of the most dangerous Griffith crack when the applied stress is uniaxial compression. Assuming that the latter ellipse gives a better estimate of the stress concentrations, the maximum tension should be approximately 16.5+-QI during loading. As may be anticipated, buckling presented serious problems: axial bending of the plate into an arched surface, and rotation of the plate edges in contact with the loading pins. problem was solved in several steps. 16-C The buckling First, angle-iron braces were bolted snugly, but not tightly, to the vertical edges of the test plate. This would restrict arching of the plate. Bolt holes in the test plate were enlarged to permit strain adjustment in the plate at the vertical edges, thus avoiding fixed-grip conditions which would have induced biaxial stress during loading. Second, the braced test plate was sandwiched between two 0.089"-thick plexiglass plates machined to dimensions a little less than 4 agx4n, the composite thickness being 0.225". Since the loading pins are in length, the two bounding plates would take up some of the load during the later loading history. Thus, the test plate would carry the majority of the load, whereas the bounding plates would lend mechanical stability to the loading pins with which they come in contact under increased load. Third, these three plates were sandwiched snugly between 4"-thick plexiglass plates of the retaining jig, which was bolted to the loading frame to maintain the plane of the test plate in the plane of the loading frame. The result of the experiment is text. shown in Figure 3 of the It confirms the results and implications of the photoelastic stress analyses, and rules out cases (a) and (b). At a load of approximately 1000 pounds, contact was established between the loading pins and the two subsidiary thin plates designed to contribute mechanical stability to the loading pins at high load levels. Fracture in the test plate occurred at approximately a 17-C 1300 pound load, with no noticeable drop in the gage reading. The implication here is that much of the fracture history, in specimens such as rocks, may go unnoticed during loading. The tensile stress concentrations must have been greater than 30,000 psi at the moment of failure in the test plate. Continued increase in the load from 1300 nounds to 1900 pounds could not cause the fracture to propagate further. In view of these values, the load would have to be greatly increased before the fracture would again propagate. Evidently, the sharpness of a crack is not a criterion of how far it will propagate. crack" of Figure 3 had an axial ratio of The "Griffith asb = 64:1, whereas the elliptic cavity in the photoelastic model only had an axial ratio of a:b = 2:1. In both cases, lengths of branch fractures were less than the "crack length" of the "Griffith crack" from which they emanated. Test of Crack Separation: Case (c) described above, remains in question; viz., the effect of neighboring flaws on the crack propagation of a critical Griffith crack. Now, certain restrictions must exist, placing limits on the distribution of flaws in order that a critical Griffith crack may continue to propagate or to coalesce with its neighbors. If individual flaws are situated far enough apart from one another, say by distances of 100 times the crack length, then each will 18-C behave as if it were isolated within the applied compressive stress field, for the disturbance of the superimposed stress field by a flaw diminishes rapidly within a distance of several crack-lengths from the flaw. Therefore, one restriction would seem to be concerned with the amount of crack separation between individual flaws. As a first step in the analysis of this problem, a critical "Griffith crack", surrounded by four elliptic cavities of the same size and shape, was considered. The central cavity, 3/8" long with a radius of curvature of 3/64" at its ends, the major axis inclined at 400 with respect to Q, was cut in a 4-"-square plate of C.R. 59. The surrounding cavities were inclined at 600 in the same direction with respect to 4. Each was placed so that boundaries of nearest neighbors were separated by 3/4"; i.e., with a "crack separation" of twice the "crack length" (see Figure 4a of the text). The interference fringe pattern associated with this set of elliptic holes is given in (a) of Plate III. Figure 7-C shows that measured boundary stresses compare favorably with those predicted for an isolated elliptical hole in an infinite plate subjected to compression. The principal effect due to proximity of the cavities was a mutual increase in the tensile stress concentrations. They differed by (20 tensile stress concentrations, 4)% from the theoretical whereas the measured comnressive 19-C = (-63o (a): F.C. = 93 1 1 = (-690 1 o) psi 10) psi 2. C.R. 39 model thickness = 0.275" Z .002". At points of maximum tension, fringe order 2J. Thus, 0'/Q = 1.34 .05, C< = 500 for central cavity inclined at 400 to Q, and Wf = 670 for peripheral cavities with major axes inclined at 600 to Q. Each cavity is 5/8" long = with /,* = (b): At points of maximum tension, n 2, /Q = 1.01 1 .05, terminal,4 = 45o for central cavity, and terminal 4 = 650 for peripheral cavities. Dark field arrangement of the polariscope. 5/64" at the ends of the major axes. Light field arrangement of the polariscope. Plate III: Photoelastic stress analysis of the effect of "crack separation" of twice the "crack length" between "Griffith cracks". In (a), the minimum distance between closest elliptic cavities is twice the length of their major axes, measured as shown in Fig. 4 a of the text. The terminal stage of "fracture" is represented in (b). "Branch fractures" were extended by increments of 3/64" with a radius of curvature of 3/64" at "fracture tips". 20-C 01. 1000 *A*W stress concentrations were less than 7% smaller in magnitude than the theoretical compressive stress concentrations. Since the maximum tensile stress concentrations were essentially the same at all cavities, "branch fractures" were extended from each in the manner described previously. The terminal stage of "fracture" is shown in (b) of Plate III. Surprisingly, "branch fractures" of the peripheral elliptic cavities "propagated" faster than did the "branch fractures" emanating from the central cavity. That is, a greater maximum tension developed at "branch fractures" of the surrounding cavities than at "branch fractures" of the central cavity, and this relationship was maintained until all "branch fractures" had achieved the same direction of "propagation". As before, as in the case of an isolated elliptic cavity, "propagation" ceased when the "branch fractures" had attained an inclination of 50 to the Q-axis, for the tensile stress concentrations had diminished below the value that would have been obtained on the unmodified boundaries of the elliptic cavities. Evidently, a crack separation of twice the crack length is insufficient for coalescence of Griffith cracks when the magnitude of the applied compression is less than the theoretical tensile strength of the material, even though the branch fractures be on a collis&on course. 22-C Analysis of En Echelon Distributions of "Griffith Cracks": Photoelastic stress analyses were made of three separate groups of en echelon elliptic cavities identical in size, shape, orientation, and "crack separation". Again, a "crack length" of 3/8" was chosen with a radius of curvature of 3/64" at the ends of the cavities, their major axes inclined at 400 with respect to Q. Since a "crack separation" of twice the "crack length" proved ineffective for coalescence of the flaws in the preceding investigation, a "crack separation" of three-fourth's "crack length was employed between the three holes of each group. "Crack separation" was measured in the manner shown in Figure of the text; specifically, 4a between the two nearest boundary points of neighboring elliptic cavities. Overlap also was held constant in each group. Therefore, the groups differed from one another only in relative amount of overlap. Overlap is defined diagrammatically in Figure 5 of the text. There, the overlap is k(2a), where 2a is the length of the "Griffith crack". Thus, if k = 0, there is zero overlap; if k "crack length" overlap exists; and if k full overlap. = =, then one-half 1, we have a case of These were the three cases tested, with the end results shown in Figure 6 of the text. Figure 8-C shows the theoretical variation of stress predicted at the boundary of an isolated elliptic cavity, of axial ratio a:b = 2, in an infinite plate, the major axis of the cavity 23-C 4 & -V -5 h -g-t - -- 'Z. -c -"n 4fl -d -& -f ''- - A- - -7 - 49 -' - dl i -4 Vk -s-' - -. w t - *1~ -. - s L -p 4-'* : @ 9. . . - - 4 -' t4 - >- - .-- -. if - -.- - ' -4 -" . -- " - lot - --- - - W' - - ' rx - ' -' i : 9 .'-n ":' - Now- -t- -7-l ' -'''--r t - (1~ mb inclined at 400 to the axis of uniaxial compression. Comparison also is made with the measured stress variations at the boundary of the central elliptic hole of each of the three groups described above. The significant effect in the three cases tested is the alteration in magnitudes and positions of maximum tension at cavity boundaries, as compared to the case of an isolated elliptic cavity. As can be seen in Figure 8-C, the first to fail would be the set of elliptic cavities in zero overlap relationship. Figure 6a of the text illustrates the end result for this case; viz., no coalescence even though "branch fractures" passed in close proximity to neighboring flaws. "Propagation" ceased when the "branch fractures" became parallel to the axis of applied compression, because the maximum tension at "fracture tips" had diminished below the stress to initiate the "branch fractures". if Overlap evidently is coalescence of Griffith cracks is to occur. required required Therefore, according to Figure 8-C, the particular case of interest treated is that in which the elliptic cavities are in half "crack length" overlap relationship. The case of full overlap relationship is treated in detail in the text. In Plate IV, (b) represents a stage of impending coalescence of "griffith cracks" having half "crack length" overlap. Upon initiating "branch fractures", the maximum tension showed a sharp increase from (1.20 Z .05).-Qj to (1.72 Z .05)-|QI. to (1.62 .05)-IQI during "propagation" froi * 25-C It diminished -'67o to d= 500. Q = (-705 (a): Q = (-420 10) psi 0.R. 39 model thickness is 2. F.0. = 95 0.280" Z .002". At points of maximum tension = 500 Z 30, 2300 130), ( fringe order n = 2$. Thus, 4-/Q = 1.20 Z .05, and WC = 670. Each elliptic cavity is 3/8" long with = 3/64" at ends of major axes, inclined at 400 to q. Light field arrangement of the polariscope. Plate IV: (b): 10) psi At points of maximum tension, n =2, O'/Q = 1.62 Z .05, and ef = 500. Dark field arrangement of the polariscope. Photoelastic stress analysis of the effect of half "crack length" overlap between "Griffith cracks" of three-fourth's "crack length" separation. (a) illustrates the distribution of "Griffith cracks" (b) in a 4 j"-square plate subjected to uniaxial compression. represents a stage of impending collision between neighboring "Branch "Griffith cracks" during their "crack propagation". fractures" were extended by increments of 3/64", with a radius of curvature of 3/64" at "fracture tips". 26-0 The maximum tension then remained constant in "propagation" in this direction, magnitude during even though the "branch fractures" were approaching imminent collision with the hinds of neighboring elliptic cavities, as shown in (b) of Plate IV. The analogy here, perhaps, is the case of fracture produced in the simple bending of a beam of brittle material, in which the fracture propagates into the region of maximum compression. Now, with regard to the photoelastic experiment, collision probably would occur, but did not occur because the remaining material, between "fracture tip" and approached cavity, was becoming too thin for photoelastic stress analysis. 27-C AIPENDIX D Error Analysis The two equations used for comparative analysis incorporate experimental error. They are equation (1) and equation (10) on p. 7 of the text. on p. 2 of the text, Equation (10) is the photoelastic equation determining stress values from experimental observations, and is reproduced here in the form F.C. (i) t -Q K n is the measured stress, _Qis the applied compressive where j' stress, F.C. is the fringe constant of the photoelastic material of the model, t is the thickAness of the model, and n is the fringe According to the method of error analysis given by order. Topping (1957, p. 20), the probable error 6K in the factor K is obtained from (SK) 2 (ii) = 9W.c.) As an example, we analyze 2 / (Sn)2 2 2 SK in the photoelastic stress analysis of the elliptic cavity isolated within a compressive stress field (see Single Crack Problem discussed in the text). ments and their maximum errors are as follows: F.C. = 100, Q = -530 Dsi, 6 F.C. = 2 $ 4 = 610 psi 1-D The measure- t = 0.250", 5t = n = 1.50, Sn = .002" Z0.05 Here, in was calculated to be ZO.05 on the basis of a 20 pound sensitivity of the applied load required to produce a fringe order of n = 1.50, at the point of maximum tension at the boundary of the elliptic cavity, in the light-field arrangement of the polariscope. The thickness error was determined from measurements with micrometer-type calipers, and the other errors were determined from calibration tests. Substituting the above values in (ii), the probable error in K is found to be _K = Z0.048 | 0.05. Equation (1) of the text represents the theoretical variation of principal stress acting at the boundary of the elliptic cavity. The uncertainty in (1) hole in a plate. semi-axes is 40. arises from errors in machining an elliptic The maximum dimensional error in lengths of the 00 2 ", and the maximum error of inclination of the cavity's major axis, with respect to _, is above procedure, the probable error in (1), maximum tension at an elliptic cavity (a inclined at 400 with respect to Q, 2-D is = $3 . Following the for the point of 0.250", LK = Z0.01. b = 0.125")