Assessment of structural materials containing notch-type defects: a comprehensive validation of the FAD-TCD methodology on metallic and non-metallic materials

This paper provides a comprehensive description, and the subsequent validation, of a structural integrity assessment methodology of structural materials containing notch-type defects. The approach is based on the combination of Failure Assessment Diagrams (FAD) and the Theory of Critical Distances (...

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Autor: Cicero González, Sergio|||0000-0002-3950-6071
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/34051
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/34051
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Structural material
Structural integrity
Notch
Failure assessment diagram
Theory of critical distances
Line method
Descrição
Resumo:This paper provides a comprehensive description, and the subsequent validation, of a structural integrity assessment methodology of structural materials containing notch-type defects. The approach is based on the combination of Failure Assessment Diagrams (FAD) and the Theory of Critical Distances (TCD). The former provides the general assessment tool, which is exactly the same one as that used for crack-like defects, whereas the latter provides the notch effect correction required for the analysis of this type of defects. Finally, the proposed methodology is validated on a number of metallic and non-metallic structural materials, with 1,106 experimental results on different types of testing specimens, covering four structural steels, aluminium alloys 7075-T651 and 6060-T66, PVC, PMMA, PA6, fibre-reinforced PA6, 3D printed (Fused Filament Fabrication) ABS, PLA and graphene reinforced PLA, granite and limestone. The results show how the FAD-TCD methodology provides safe reasonably conservative assessments on the mentioned structural materials in the presence of notch-type defects.