Fracture Assessment of Inclined Double Keyhole Notches in Isostatic Graphite

Abstract

In the present contribution, the static strength of isostatic graphite using keyhole notch specimens under mixed mode loading is investigated. An experimental program was performed and in total, 18 new experimental data are provided. In addition, different loading mode ratios are considered by varying the inclination angle of the notch with respect to the direction of the applied load. The criterion based on the averaged value of the strain energy density over a control volume at the notch edge is applied to assess the static strength of specimens. A sound agreement is found between experimental data and the results obtained from strain energy density criterion.