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Effective Modulus Of Cracked Bodies: A Finite Element Analysis, Alan Thomas Varughese
Effective Modulus Of Cracked Bodies: A Finite Element Analysis, Alan Thomas Varughese
Theses and Dissertations--Mechanical Engineering
This thesis considers how cracks in an elastic body can alter the body’s elastic properties. In the present study the elastic property of note is the elastic or young’s modulus. It is desired to investigate to what extent the number and orientation of cracks can cause a reduction in the elastic modulus. Because of the complex nature of the elastic fields resulting from multiple cracks interacting together in a finite geometry an analytical solution is not possible or considered. Rather the Finite Element Method is used to determine the elastic response to a body with many cracks. This provides a …