The curves were developed in a computational manner in terms of the notch stress intensity factors and based on the suitable failure concept of the maximum tangential stress (MTS) utilized frequently in the past by the author and his co-researchers for predicting mixed mode brittle fracture in extensive notched specimens. | Failure curves for predicting brittle fracture in V-notched structural components loaded under mixed tension shear An advanced engineering design package Engineering Solid Mechanics 1 2013 99-118 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Engineering Solid Mechanics homepage esm Failure curves for predicting brittle fracture in V-notched structural components loaded under mixed tension shear An advanced engineering design package . Torabi Fracture Research Laboratory Faculty of New Science and Technologies University of Tehran . Box 13741-4395 Tehran Iran ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history Numerous failure curves are presented in this manuscript to predict the onset of sudden fracture Received March 20 2013 in V-notched brittle materials under combined tension-shear loading conditions. The curves Received in Revised form were developed in a computational manner in terms of the notch stress intensity factors and August 21 2013 based on the suitable failure concept of the maximum tangential stress MTS utilized Accepted 21 August 2013 Available online frequently in the past by the author and his co-researchers for predicting mixed mode brittle 21 August 2013 fracture in extensive notched specimens. Three extensively used notch angles and various notch Keywords tip radii were considered in the computations. A wide range of brittle materials were also taken Failure curve into account by defining and using the material critical distance. Through predicting load- Brittle fracture bearing capacity and notch bifurcation angle utilizing only the two basic material properties V-notch namely the ultimate tensile strength and the plane-strain fracture toughness engineers can Load-bearing capacity design more rapidly and conveniently the V-notched brittle components with the aim to Design package withstand reliably against sudden fracture. Mixed mode loading 2013 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Design plays a vital role
