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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2017-06-01

发表刊物：ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS

收录刊物：SCIE、EI、Scopus

卷号：178

页面范围：93-108

ISSN号：0013-7944

关键字：Polygonal fractures; Layered material; Surface cooling; Heterogeneity; Fracture growth

摘要：The formation of three-dimensional polygonal fractures in two-layered materials during surface cooling is numerically investigated to study the disorder to order transition mechanism of such fractures. The heterogeneity of the breakdown threshold in a brittle solid is modeled using a probability distribution at the mesoscopic level, and the cracking behavior of meso-elements is modeled using continuum damage mechanics. A finite element method (FEM) is used to obtain the thermal stress distribution. Then, the damage threshold is determined based on the maximum tensile stress criterion. The polygonal fracture behavior, including the initiation and propagation of microcracks and the formation of approximately equal-area surface cracks, are captured well by the numerical results. The impact of thermal conductivity on cracking patterns is discussed. The quantitative results indicate that the polygon sizes and fracture spacing are independent of the material heterogeneity while the thermal conductivity significantly affects the failure patterns of layered materials subjected to thermal shrinkage. Furthermore, the effect of the bond strength between the overlay and substrate is studied. For a high bond strength, the cracks initiate in the overlay and propagate into the interface. However, for a low bond strength, debonding is observed. The modeling results shows that heterogeneity of the brittle solid is the main reason for disordered initiation of cracks and that local energy minimization at a location and time is the key factor affecting polygonal fracture failure patterns. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.