본 연구에서는 가상균열진전법과 수정 J-적분식을 연계하여 사용할 수 있는 유한요소 프로그램을 개발하고, 이 프로그램을 기존 결과가 있는 2상재료에 적응하여 타당성을 검토한 후, 다상재료의 경우에도 확장하였고, 실제 상변태가 발생하는 중수(heavy water)형 원자로 압력관(pressure tube)의 균열해석에 적용하여 보았다.
The objective of this paper is to develop a numerical technique for analyzing crack driving forces in multi-phase materials. The analysis was based on finite element method coupled with a virtual crack extension technique which is known as the most efficient tool in computational fracture mechanics analysis. The modified J-integral method, proposed by Miyamoto and Kikuchi for the analysis of dual-phase material was carried out by subtracting the J-values for contours surrounding each phase boundary from the J-values for overall contour. It was shown that the proposed numerical procedure, based on the modified J-integral coupled with a virtual crack extension technique, can be used as an effective numerical tool for determining crack driving forces in multi-phase materials.
