Question: Shown below is the relationship between the stress - intensity factor, K I , crack length and internal pressure for a radially cracked cylindrical pressure

Shown below is the relationship between the stress-intensity factor, KI, crack length and internal pressure for a radially cracked cylindrical pressure vessel used for the Space Shuttle air filtration system. If the vessel is fabricated from 2024-T351 aluminum alloy with a measured fracture toughness of 44MPa-m12,ri=8cm, and r0=10cm, what internal pressure is indicated for:
a. Crack initiation (assume a=10-2mm) as source of fracture.
b. Leak before break (crack is through wall but no catastrophic failure).
Shown below is the relationship between the

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