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The J-integral represents a way to calculate the strain energy release rate, or work (energy) per unit fracture surface area, in a material.^[1] The theoretical concept of J-integral was developed in 1967 by Cherepanov^[2] and in 1968 by Jim Rice^[3] independently, who showed that an energetic contour path integral (called J) was independent of the path around a crack.

Later, experimental methods were developed, which allowed measurement of critical fracture properties using laboratory-scale specimens for materials in which sample sizes are too small and for which the assumptions of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) do not hold, and to infer a critical value of fracture energy $J_{\rm Ic}$ . The quantity $J_{\rm Ic}$ defines the point at which large-scale plastic yielding during propagation takes place under mode one loading.^[1] ^[4]

The J-integral is equal to the strain energy release rate for a crack in a body subjected to monotonic loading.^[5] This is true, under quasistatic conditions, both for linear elastic materials and for materials that experience small-scale yielding at the crack tip.

1 Two-dimensional J-integral
2 J-integral and fracture toughness
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Two-dimensional J-integral

The two-dimensional J-integral was originally defined as^[3] (see Figure 1 for an illustration)

$J�:= \int_\Gamma \left(W~dx_2 - \mathbf{t}\cdot\cfrac{\partial\mathbf{u}}{\partial x_1}~ds\right)$

where $W(x_1,x_2)$ is the strain energy density, $x_1, x_2$ are the coordinate directions, $\mathbf{t} = \mathbf{n}\cdot\boldsymbol{\sigma}$ is the surface traction vector, $\mathbf{n}$ is the normal to the curve $\Gamma$ , $\sigma$ is the Cauchy stress tensor, and $\mathbf{u}$ is the displacement vector. The strain energy density is given by

$W = \int_0^\epsilon \boldsymbol{\sigma}:d\boldsymbol{\epsilon} ~;~~ \boldsymbol{\epsilon} = \tfrac{1}{2}\left[\boldsymbol{\nabla}\mathbf{u}%2B(\boldsymbol{\nabla}\mathbf{u})^T\right] ~.$

The J-Integral around a crack tip is frequently expressed in a more general form (and in index notation) as

$J_i�:= \lim_{\epsilon\rightarrow 0} \int_{\Gamma_\epsilon} \left(W n_i - n_j\sigma_{jk}~\cfrac{\partial u_k}{\partial x_i}\right) d\Gamma$

where $J_i$ is the component of the J-integral for crack opening in the $x_i$ direction and $\epsilon$ is a small region around the crack tip. Using Green's theorem we can show that this integral is zero when the boundary $\Gamma$ is closed and encloses a region that contains no singularities and is simply connected. If the faces of the crack do not have any surface tractions on them then the J-integral is also path independent.

Rice also showed that the value of the J-integral represents the energy release rate for planar crack growth. The J-integral was developed because of the difficulties involved in computing the stress close to a crack in a nonlinear elastic or elastic-plastic material. Rice showed that if monotonic loading was assumed (without any plastic unloading) then the J-integral could be used to compute the energy release rate of plastic materials too.

Proof that the J-integral is zero over a closed path

To show the path independence of the J-integral, we first have to show that the value of $J$ is zero over a closed contour in a simply connected domain. Let us just consider the expression for $J_1$ which is

$J_1�:= \int_{\Gamma} \left(W n_1 - n_j\sigma_{jk}~\cfrac{\partial u_k}{\partial x_1}\right) d\Gamma$

We can write this as

$J_1 = \int_{\Gamma} \left(W \delta_{1j} - \sigma_{jk}~\cfrac{\partial u_k}{\partial x_1}\right)n_j d\Gamma$

From Green's theorem (or the two-dimensional divergence theorem) we have

$\int_{\Gamma} f_j~n_j~d\Gamma = \int_A \cfrac{\partial f_j}{\partial x_j}~dA$

Using this result we can express $J_1$ as

$\begin{align} J_1 & = \int_{A} \cfrac{\partial}{\partial x_j}\left(W \delta_{1j} - \sigma_{jk}~\cfrac{\partial u_k}{\partial x_1}\right) dA \\ & = \int_A \left[\cfrac{\partial W}{\partial x_1} - \cfrac{\partial\sigma_{jk}}{\partial x_j}~\cfrac{\partial u_k}{\partial x_1} - \sigma_{jk}~\cfrac{\partial^2 u_k}{\partial x_1 \partial x_j}\right]~dA \end{align}$

where $A$ is the area enclosed by the contour $\Gamma$ . Now, if there are no body forces present, equilibrium (conservation of linear momentum) requires that

$\boldsymbol{\nabla}\cdot\boldsymbol{\sigma} = \mathbf{0} \qquad \implies \qquad \cfrac{\partial\sigma_{jk}}{\partial x_j} = 0 ~.$

Also,

$\boldsymbol{\epsilon} = \tfrac{1}{2}\left[\boldsymbol{\nabla}\mathbf{u}%2B(\boldsymbol{\nabla}\mathbf{u})^T\right] \qquad \implies \qquad \epsilon_{jk} = \tfrac{1}{2}\left(\cfrac{\partial u_k}{\partial x_j} %2B \cfrac{\partial u_j}{\partial x_k}\right) ~.$

Therefore,

$\sigma_{jk}\cfrac{\partial\epsilon_{jk}}{\partial x_1} = \tfrac{1}{2}\left(\sigma_{jk}\cfrac{\partial^2 u_k}{\partial x_1 \partial x_j} %2B \sigma_{jk}\cfrac{\partial^2 u_j}{\partial x_1 \partial x_k}\right)$

From the balance of angular momentum we have $\sigma_{jk} = \sigma_{kj}$ . Hence,

$\sigma_{jk}\cfrac{\partial\epsilon_{jk}}{\partial x_1} = \sigma_{jk}\cfrac{\partial^2 u_j}{\partial x_1 \partial x_k}$

The J-integral may then be written as

$J_1 = \int_A \left[\cfrac{\partial W}{\partial x_1} - \sigma_{jk}~\cfrac{\partial\epsilon_{jk}}{\partial x_1}\right]~dA$

Now, for an elastic material the stress can be derived from the stored energy function $W$ using

$\sigma_{jk} = \cfrac{\partial W}{\partial\epsilon_{jk}}$

Then, using the chain rule of differentiation,

$\sigma_{jk}~\cfrac{\partial\epsilon_{jk}}{\partial x_1} = \cfrac{\partial W}{\partial\epsilon_{jk}}~\cfrac{\partial\epsilon_{jk}}{\partial x_1} = \cfrac{\partial W}{\partial x_1}$

Therefore we have $J_1 = 0$ for a closed contour enclosing a simply connected region without any stress singularities.

Proof that the J-integral is path-independent

Consider the contour $\Gamma = \Gamma_1 %2B \Gamma^{%2B} %2B \Gamma_2 %2B \Gamma^{-}$ . Since this contour is closed and encloses a simply connected region, the J-integral around the contour is zero, i.e.

$J = J_{(1)} %2B J^{%2B} - J_{(2)} - J^{-} = 0$

assuming that counterclockwise integrals around the crack tip have positive sign. Now, since the crack surfaces are parallel to the $x_2$ axis, the normal component $n_1 = 0$ on these surfaces. Also, since the crack surfaces are traction free, $t_k = 0$ . Therefore,

$J^{%2B} = J^{-} = \int_{\Gamma} \left(W n_1 - t_k~\cfrac{\partial u_k}{\partial x_1}\right) d\Gamma = 0$

Therefore,

$J_{(1)} = J_{(2)}$

and the J-integral is path independent.

J-integral and fracture toughness

For isotropic, perfectly brittle, linear elastic materials, the J-integral can be directly related to the fracture toughness if the crack extends straight ahead with respect to its original orientation. ^[5]

For plane strain, under Mode I loading conditions, this relation is

$J_{\rm Ic} = G_{\rm Ic} = K_{\rm Ic}^2 \left(\frac{1-\nu^2}{E}\right)$

where $G_{\rm Ic}$ is the critical strain energy release rate, $K_{\rm Ic}$ is the fracture toughness in Mode I loading, $\nu$ is the Poisson's ratio, and E is the Young's modulus of the material.

For Mode II loading, the relation between the J-integral and the mode II fracture toughness ( $K_{\rm IIc}$ ) is

$J_{\rm IIc} = G_{\rm IIc} = K_{\rm IIc}^2 \left[\frac{1-\nu^2}{E}\right]$

For Mode III loading, the relation is

$J_{\rm IIIc} = G_{\rm IIIc} = K_{\rm IIIc}^2 \left(\frac{1%2B\nu}{E}\right)$

References

^ ^a ^b Van Vliet, Krystyn J. (2006); "3.032 Mechanical Behavior of Materials", [1]
^ G. P. Cherepanov, The propagation of cracks in a continuous medium, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 31(3), 1967, pp. 503-512.
^ ^a ^b J. R. Rice, A Path Independent Integral and the Approximate Analysis of Strain Concentration by Notches and Cracks, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 35, 1968, pp. 379-386.
^ Meyers and Chawla (1999): "Mechanical Behavior of Materials," 445-448.
^ ^a ^b Yoda, M., 1980, The J-integral fracture toughness for Mode II, Int. J. of Fracture, 16(4), pp. R175-R178.

External links

J. R. Rice, "A Path Independent Integral and the Approximate Analysis of Strain Concentration by Notches and Cracks", Journal of Applied Mechanics, 35, 1968, pp. 379-386.
Van Vliet, Krystyn J. (2006); "3.032 Mechanical Behavior of Materials", [2]
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J integral

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Two-dimensional J-integral

J-integral and fracture toughness

See also

References

External links