Issue 49

D. E. Belhadri et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 49 (2019) 599-613; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.55 608 the length of the crack except for the length 2c = 50mm, finally the K III proves its sensitivity to the longitudinal advancement of the crack always to the outer side of the crack which is in contact with the repair composite. C) Effect of crack shape: In this part the effect of the crack shape is expressed. It is important to note that the values of K II and K III are negligible compared to K I for a rectangular crack. Fig. 14 shows the variation of the K I for a rectangular crack and an elliptical crack along the fronts, it is clear that the rectangular crack marks a maximum higher than the elliptical crack; this is mainly due to the singularity of the rectangular crack, which has a 90 ° angle (Hot point ) that amplifies the stress. The presence of this singularity is confirmed by the appearance of K  max I at 65% of the normalized distance. In addition, the rectangular crack is governed only by mode 1, while the semi elliptic crack knows the interaction of the three modes of fractures I, II and III . -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 K I (MPa.mm 0,5 ) Normalized distance Rectangular crack Semi-elliptical crack Figure 14: Variation of K I for rectangular and semi-elliptic crack of an unrepaired pipe (2c = 60mm, a = 5mm) For composite repair, the distribution of the K I on the crack front is shown in Fig. 15, we can say that the composite repair is much more obvious for the rectangular crack than for the elliptical crack since we see that the repair brings the two curves to the same maximum 22 MPa mm 0.5 for mode I. It is concluded that the composite repair technique is effective for the two crack geometries studied. Figure 15: Variation of K I for rectangular and semi-elliptic crack of a repaired pipe (2c = 60mm, a = 5mm) Rectangular crack Semi-elliptical crack Hot point