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Mechanics of Fracture Initiation and Propagation: Surface and volume energy density applied as failure criterion - Engineering Applications of Fracture Mechanics George C. Sih Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991 edition
Mechanics of Fracture Initiation and Propagation: Surface and volume energy density applied as failure criterion - Engineering Applications of Fracture Mechanics
George C. Sih
The assessment of crack initiation and/or propagation has been the subject of many past discussions on fracture mechanics. Barring changes in the local temperature,* the energy released to create a unit surface area of an existing crack can be obtained by considering the change in elastic energy of the system before and after crack extension.
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