Accession Number:

ADA409496

Title:

Overdeterministic Fracture Analysis and Singular Value Decomposition

Descriptive Note:

Technical paper

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB EDWARDS AFB CA SPACE AND MISSILE PROPULSION DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Miller, Timothy C.
• Chona, Ravinder

Report Date:

1999-04-05

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

Using overdeterministic analysis to determine fracture parameters leads to unstable solutions in some cases because of ill-conditioning problems. The problem arises because some of the functions that constitute the overall field expressions are similar. In these cases the solution is best obtained using singular value decomposition, which solves for the coefficients effectively even when ill-conditioning is present, and quantifies the condition of the matrix. The method is explained and its use is demonstrated with two sets of results for interfacial cracks in thermally loaded bimaterials.

Descriptors:

• *NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• *FRACTURE(MECHANICS)
• MATERIALS
• MATRICES(MATHEMATICS)
• CRACKS
• DETERMINANTS(MATHEMATICS)
• SURFACE TENSION

Subject Categories:

• Numerical Mathematics
• Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE