Issue 49

S. Pereira et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 49 (2019) 450-462; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.43 458 Figure 9 : Fracture surfaces for several specimens. The maximum value for the normal stress is being determined to be near the clamping region according to the FEA results. This should not be a surprise, because the clamping is modelled as being infinitely rigid. This leads to a stress concentration at this location, reason why the values can be quite significant. Since the true clamping region is very difficult to be modelled -accurately and the wires failed between the first two pins during the experiments, the analysis neglects the clamping location. FEA Results - Normal Strain The Finite Element model presents a maximum strain slightly lower than the theoretical Euler-Bernoulli beam model. For strains under and equal 1%, the relative error is small, but it increases with the deformation of the wire. This increase of error is among the expectations as the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory assumes the specimen to follow an isotropic elastic behaviour and small deformations, which happens for low strains than 1%; and does not provide accurate results to superelastic behaviour, which happens for greater strains. b : ε5% Ø0.58mm (x300 magnification) a : ε5% Ø0.58mm (x140 magnification) c : ε5% Ø0.58mm (x140 magnification) d: ε2% Ø0.58mm (x140 magnification) e: ε1% Ø0.58mm (x140 magnification) g: ε2% Ø0.25mm (x300 magnification) h: ε2% Ø0.25mm (x1000 magnification) i: ε1% Ø0.25mm (x1000 magnification) f: ε1% Ø0.58mm (x300 magnification)