Theoretical and experimental determination of magnetic stress intensity factors of a crack in a double cantilever beam specimen

YOSHIMURA, K. ; SHINDO, Y. ; HORIGUCHI, K. ; NARITA, F.

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Published 2004
ISSN:
1460-2695
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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This paper presents the results of an experimental and theoretical investigation of the magnetic fracture behaviour of double cantilever beam (DCB) specimens. DCB tests were conducted on ferritic stainless steel SUS430 in the bore of a superconducting magnet at room temperature. A simple experimental technique using strain gauges was used to determine the stress intensity factor. The experiments show the predicted increase in the stress intensity factor with increasing magnetic field. The theoretical analysis is based on a beam-plate theory for magnetoelastic interactions in a soft ferromagnetic material. Numerical calculations are carried out, and the stress intensity factor is obtained for several values of magnetic field. A comparison of the stress intensity factor is made between theory and experiment, and the agreement is good for the magnetic field considered.
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