Hutchinson–Rice–Rosengren singularity in fracture mechanics

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The Hutchinson–Rice–Rosengren singularity in fracture mechanics is a fundamental asymptotic solution describing the near-tip stress and strain fields of a crack in elastic–plastic materials under small-scale yielding conditions.

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instanceOf HRR field
asymptotic solution in fracture mechanics
elastic–plastic crack-tip field
appliesTo elastic–plastic materials
mode I crack loading
plane strain conditions
plane stress conditions
small-scale yielding conditions
characterizes singular strain field at a crack tip
singular stress field at a crack tip
dependsOn J-integral magnitude
strain hardening exponent
yield strength of the material
describes near-tip strain fields of a crack
near-tip stress fields of a crack
fieldBehavior singularity order depends on hardening exponent
stresses and strains scale with J and radial distance
fieldType J-dominant field
asymptotic crack-tip field
generalizes linear elastic K-field to elastic–plastic behavior
hasAssumption deformation theory or incremental theory of plasticity
dominant plastic zone is small compared with structural dimensions
material obeys power-law hardening
hasComponent angular functions describing stress distribution
radial power-law dependence of stress and strain
hasFeature path-independent J-integral as loading parameter
hasLimitation assumes monotonic loading or proportional loading
valid only within J-dominant region near crack tip
hasMathematicalForm power-law singularity in radial distance from crack tip
influenced development of elastic–plastic fracture mechanics standards
namedAfter James R. Rice NERFINISHED
John W. Hutchinson NERFINISHED
Lars Rosengren NERFINISHED
relatedConcept HRR strain field
HRR stress field
J-integral fracture parameter
crack-tip opening displacement
relatesTo J-controlled crack growth
ductile fracture
finite element modeling of crack-tip fields
nonlinear fracture mechanics
usedFor benchmarking numerical solutions of crack-tip fields
calibration of fracture toughness tests in ductile materials
estimating crack-tip constraint in elastic–plastic materials
interpreting J–R resistance curves
usedIn assessment of ductile tearing in pressure vessels
structural integrity analysis of pipelines
usesParameter J-integral NERFINISHED

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John W. Hutchinson knownFor Hutchinson–Rice–Rosengren singularity in fracture mechanics