An aircraft component is fabricated from an aluminum alloy that has a plane strain fracture toughness of 37 MPam. It has been determined that fracture results at a stress of 206 MPa when the maximum (or critical) internal crack length is 2.58 mm. a) Determine the value of Yσπa for this same component and alloy at a stress level of 267 MPa when the maximum internal crack length is 1.29 mm.

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we are supposed to determine the stress level at which a wing component on an aircraft will fracture for a given toughness of [tex]37 MPa\sqrt{m}[/tex]  and maximum internal crack length [tex]1.29 mm[/tex] , given that  fracture

occurs for the same component using the same alloy at one stress level [tex]206 Mpa[/tex] and another internal crack length  (2.58 mm). It first becomes necessary to solve for the parameter Y for the conditions under which fracture occurred , therefore

[tex]Y=\frac{K_{lc} }{sigma\sqrt{\pi a } }[/tex]

[tex]=(37Mpa\sqrt{m} )/(206Mpa)\sqrt{\pi \frac{2.58*10^-^3m}{2} } \\=2.82[/tex]

[tex]sigma_{c} =K_{lc} /Y\sqrt{\pi a }[/tex]

[tex]=(37MPa\sqrt{m} )/(2.82)\sqrt{\pi \frac{1.29*10^-^3}{2} } \\= 293 MPa[/tex]