Abstract
Abstract The primary purpose of this work is to demonstrate that the location of a crack can strongly affect the sequence of plastic hinge development which in turn affects crack stability of a structure. A specific example of an elastic–plastic ring loaded with diametrically opposite concentrated loads is employed to investigate these effects. The method used is based on elastic superposition to obtain the elastic–plastic behavior and to evaluate the crack stability with plastic hinges present.
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