The sandia fracture challenge: Blind round robin predictions of ductile tearing

Authors

B. L. Boyce, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
S. L.B. Kramer, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
H. E. Fang, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
T. E. Cordova, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
M. K. Neilsen, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
K. Dion, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
A. K. Kaczmarowski, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
E. Karasz, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
L. Xue, Schlumberger Limited
A. J. Gross, The University of Texas at Austin
A. Ghahremaninezhad, University of Miami
K. Ravi-Chandar, The University of Texas at Austin
S. P. Lin, University of California, Los Angeles
S. W. Chi, University of Illinois at Chicago
J. S. Chen, University of California, Los Angeles
E. Yreux, University of California, Los Angeles
M. Rüter, University of California, Los Angeles
D. Qian, The University of Texas at Dallas
Z. Zhou, The University of Texas at Dallas
S. Bhamare, University of Cincinnati
D. T. O'Connor, Northwestern University
S. Tang, Chongqing University
Khalil Elkhodary, American University in CairoFollow
J. Zhao, Northwestern University
J. D. Hochhalter, NASA Langley Research Center
A. R. Cerrone, Cornell University
A. R. Ingraffea, Cornell University
P. A. Wawrzynek, Cornell University
B. J. Carter, Cornell University
J. M. Emery, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico

Funding Number

N00014-06-1-0505-A00001

Funding Sponsor

Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative

Author's Department

Mechanical Engineering Department

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-013-9904-6

Document Type

Research Article

Publication Title

International Journal of Fracture

Publication Date

3-1-2014

doi

10.1007/s10704-013-9904-6

Abstract

Existing and emerging methods in computational mechanics are rarely validated against problems with an unknown outcome. For this reason, Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with US National Science Foundation and Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, launched a computational challenge in mid-summer, 2012. Researchers and engineers were invited to predict crack initiation and propagation in a simple but novel geometry fabricated from a common off-the-shelf commercial engineering alloy. The goal of this international Sandia Fracture Challenge was to benchmark the capabilities for the prediction of deformation and damage evolution associated with ductile tearing in structural metals, including physics models, computational methods, and numerical implementations currently available in the computational fracture community. Thirteen teams participated, reporting blind predictions for the outcome of the Challenge. The simulations and experiments were performed independently and kept confidential. The methods for fracture prediction taken by the thirteen teams ranged from very simple engineering calculations to complicated multiscale simulations. The wide variation in modeling results showed a striking lack of consistency across research groups in addressing problems of ductile fracture. While some methods were more successful than others, it is clear that the problem of ductile fracture prediction continues to be challenging. Specific areas of deficiency have been identified through this effort. Also, the effort has underscored the need for additional blind prediction-based assessments. © 2014 The Author(s).

First Page

5

Last Page

68

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APA Citation

Boyce, B. Kramer, S. Fang, H. Cordova, T. ... (2014). The sandia fracture challenge: Blind round robin predictions of ductile tearing. International Journal of Fracture, 186(1-2), 5–68. 10.1007/s10704-013-9904-6
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/1811

MLA Citation

Boyce, B. L., et al. "The sandia fracture challenge: Blind round robin predictions of ductile tearing." International Journal of Fracture, vol. 186,no. 1-2, 2014, pp. 5–68.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/1811