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Effective fracture toughness of microcracked materials

Journal Article · · J. Am. Ceram. Soc.; (United States)
Explicit analytical formulas are derived for the stress intensity factors at the tips of a main crack and of a microcrack for the two-dimensional case of a collinear microcrack. This configuration is used to derive an estimate of the toughness degradation due to microcracks linking up with an advancing main crack. The implications of this estimate for theoretical predictions of the toughening due to stress-induced microcracking are discussed.
Research Organization:
Aeronautical Research Labs., Melbourne 3001
OSTI ID:
5897845
Journal Information:
J. Am. Ceram. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Am. Ceram. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 69:3; ISSN JACTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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