ASSIGNMENT-3

GROUP-9
ATHAVALE PRATIK AJIT - 2018H1410080G

MHATRE PRIYANKSHU MANOHAR - 2018H1410089G

Derive the expression for approximate plastic zone shape around the crack
tip of a Mode III crack in an infinite plate using Mises yield criterion. Plot
the shape of the plastic zone.

Consider an Infinitely large plate with centre crack of length 2a.

The values for stress in terms of stress intensity factor for Mode III are as
follows:
For Mode III, we know that,
σ11 = σ22 = σ33 = σ12 = 0
𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 θ
σ13 = - 𝑠𝑖𝑛
√2πr 2
𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 θ
σ23 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠
√2πr 2

For 3-D State of Stress,

σ3 - I1σ2 + I2σ - I3 = 0
Where I1 = σx + σy + σz
I2 = σx σy + σy σz + σz σx – τ2xy – τ2yz – τ2zx
σ𝑥 τ𝑥𝑦 τ𝑥𝑧
I3 = τ𝑦𝑥 σ𝑦 τ𝑦𝑧
τ𝑧𝑥 τ𝑧𝑦 σ𝑧
Stress Matrix is given by
σ11 σ12 σ13
σ= σ21 σ22 σ23
σ31 σ32 σ33
𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼
After substituting the values for particular stresses and taking common we
√2πr
get,

1
 θ
0 0 −𝑠𝑖𝑛
2
𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 θ
σ= 0 0 𝑐𝑜𝑠
√2πr 2
θ θ
−𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑠 0
2 2

We get I1=0,
𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 θ 𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 θ 𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 2 θ θ
I2 = −( 𝑐𝑜𝑠 )2 −(− 𝑠𝑖𝑛 )2 − [( ) (𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 2) + (𝑠𝑖𝑛2 2)]
√2πr 2 √2πr 2 √ 2πr

𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 2
I2 = −( )
√2πr

I3 = 0
Thus,
σ3 - I1σ2 + I2σ- I3 = 0 from becomes,
𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 2
σ3 − ( ) σ=0
√2πr
𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼
𝜎3 = 0 and σ = ±
√2πr
𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼
𝜎1 = 𝜎2 = − And 𝜎3 = 0
√2πr √2πr

According to Von-Mises Criterion,

(σ1 − σ2 )2 +(σ2 − σ3 )2+(σ3 − σ1 )2 = 2(σ𝑦𝑠 )2
σ1 2 + σ2 2- σ1 σ2 = (σ𝑦𝑠 )2
𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 2 𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼
+ (−
2πr
) +( 2πr
)( ) = (σ𝑦𝑠 )2
√ √ √2πr

𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 2
3(
2πr
) = (σ𝑦𝑠 )2
√

𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼 2
Thus the Pl(
2πr
) astic zone size can be given by,
√
2
3 𝐾𝐼𝐼𝐼
rp = (
2π σ𝑦𝑠
)

2
Thus when we plot this equation around the crack tip we find that the plastic
zone size for Mode III fracture is a circular region as shown in the Figure
below.

PLACTIC ZONE REGION

Figure.1. Plastic zone region for Mode III fracture (Circular)

Figure.2.Plot using MATLAB