A922 Sequential measurement of 1 hour creatinine clearance (1-CRCL) in critically ill patients at risk of acute kidney injury (AKI)

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Some advantages derived from the use of the strain energy density over a control volume in fatigue strength assessments of welded joints

In the notch stress intensity approach to the fatigue assessment of welded joints, the weld toe is modelled as a sharp V-notch, rho = 0, and local stress distributions in plane configurations are given on the basis of the relevant mode I and mode II notch stress intensity factors (NSIFs). The local strain energy density over a circular sector surrounding the point of singularity can be easily calculated as soon as the NSIFs are known. Whilst the NSIF evaluation needs very fine meshes in the vicinity of the points of singularity, which is a drawback of the approach in the presence of complex geometries, the mean value of the elastic SED on the control volume can be accurately determined by using relatively coarse meshes. This fact is demonstrated here by using a number of FE models with very different mesh refinements. Both bi-dimensional and three-dimensional welded details are considered showing degree of accuracy and limits of applicability of the method. Thanks to the SED use, the degree of refinement of FE models is not so different from that usually used to determine the 'hot-spot stress' according to the structural stress approach

A generalised notch stress intensity factor for U-notched components loaded under mixed mode

A novel notch stress intensity factor (NSIF) for U-notched specimens loaded under mixed mode is examined in this article. The concept is based on the averaged Strain energy density criterion, or alternatively on the cohesive zone model. as well as the equivalent local mode approach. To a certain extent, it is a generalisation of Glinka's NSIF for mode I, where sigma(tip) is replaced by sigma(max). The applicability of a fracture criterion based on this new NSIF is checked against 171 fracture tests with PMMA (at -60 degrees C) performed on U-notched specimens, with different notch root radii and loaded under mixed mode. The asymptotic behaviour of the new NSIF as the notch becomes a crack (when the notch root radius tends to zero) or when the notch disappears (when the notch root radius tends to infinity) is also discussed

Fracture assessment of U-notches under mixed mode loading: two procedures based on the 'equivalent local mode I' concept

Two fracture criteria are proposed and applied to blunt-notched components made of brittle materials loaded under mixed mode; the former is based on the averaged strain energy density over a given control volume, the latter on the cohesive crack zone model. In both instances use of the equivalent local mode I hypothesis is made. Only two material properties are needed: the ultimate tensile strength and the fracture toughness. Numerical predictions of rupture loads from the two criteria are compared with experimental measurements from more than 160 static tests with notched beams. The samples are made of PMMA and tested at -60 degrees C to assure a bulk behaviour almost linear elastic up to rupture. Notch root radii range from 0.2 to 4.0 mm and load mixicity varies from pure mode I to a prevailing mode II. The good agreement between theory and experimental results adds further confidence to the proposed fracture criteria

Local strain energy to assess the static failure of U-notches in plates under mixed mode loading

The averaged value of the strain energy density over a well-defined volume is used to predict the static strength of U-notched specimens under mixed-mode conditions due to combined bending and shear loads. The volume is centered in relation to the maximum principal stress present on the notch edge, by rigidly rotating the crescent-shaped volume already used in the literature to analyse U- and V-shaped notches subject to mode I loading. The volume size depends on the ultimate tensile strength sigma(u) and the fracture toughness K-IC of the material. In parallel, an experimental programme was performed. All specimens are made of polymethyl-metacrylate (PMMA), a material which,exhibits quasi-brittle behaviour at -60 degrees C. Good agreement is found between experimental data for the critical loads to failure and theoretical predictions based on the constancy of the mean strain energy density over the control volume

Fracture of V-notched specimens under mixed mode (I plus II) loading in brittle materials

The purpose of this research is threefold. First, to provide experimental results of fracture loads for V-notched beams loaded under mixed mode. Second, to check the suitability of fracture criteria based on the cohesive zone model and strain energy density when applied to those samples. And, third, to suggest a very simple fracture criterion, based on the dominance of the local mode I, for notched samples (with different V-notch angles and notch root radii) loaded under mixed (I + II) mode. This proposal unifies predictions for the experimental results obtained under mode I and mixed mode loading. To this end, 36 fracture tests on V-notched beams were performed and reported: three V-notched angles were investigated (90A degrees, 60A degrees, 30A degrees, four different loadings (mixed modes I and II) were selected and three samples were tested for each configuration