THE J-INTEGRAL FOR A SINGLE-EDGE CRACKED PANEL SUBJECTED TO COMBINED REMOTE TENSION AND BENDING

On structural integrity evaluation, a single-edge cracked panel subjected to combined remote tension and bending is the typical one. The J-integral is a valid way for handling the ductile fracture problem immediately after stable crack initiation. The complimentary energy concept combined with fully plastic solutions to make it to estimate the J-integral of the panel. The proposed method is able to give us the J-integral as a function of the crack size/panel width and the strain hardening exponent.