Title
Thermography Applied to the Study of Fatigue Crack Propagation in Polycarbonate
Date Issued
01 February 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Publisher(s)
Springer New York LLC
Abstract
Thermography was used to study the propagation of fatigue cracks during cyclic loading of pre-cracked SAE keyhole polycarbonate specimens. A micro-bolometer infrared camera (FLIR A655sc) and a commercially available software program (DeltaTherm2) were employed. The stress intensity factors were determined using a hybrid thermoelastic stress analysis (TSA) technique. The crack growth rate was determined via thermography using two different approaches. The first approach used the output of the crack-tip position from the developed TSA algorithm and the number of cycles between data sets. The second approach used temperature measurement as a new way to determine da/dN (crack growth rate) directly. As a result, da/dN vs ΔK (stress intensity factor range) graphs were plotted and fitted using Paris’ law. A comparison between the resultant da/dN vs ΔK curves and results found in the literature, as well as curves from the finite element method (FEM) simulations showed good agreement. The conclusion was that thermography is a very powerful tool that can detect, measure and monitor fatigue cracks in polycarbonate.
Start page
269
End page
282
Volume
58
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia de los polímeros
Química física
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85030724440
Source
Experimental Mechanics
ISSN of the container
00144851
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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