Application of the virtual crack closure technique to calculate stress intensity factors for through cracks with an oblique elliptical crack front

Fractographic observations on fatigue tested 2024 T3 clad aluminium riveted lap-splice joints indicate oblique fronts after the initial surface or corner crack at a rivet hole has penetrated through the sheet thichness. No stress intensity factor solutions are available for this geometry subjected to remote biaxial tension, remote bending, rivet...

Fatigue Crack Growth in Riveted Joints

Application of the virtual crack closure technique to calculate stress intensity factors for through cracks with an oblique elliptical crack front