Implementation of the virtual crack closure technique in engineering FE calculations

A finite element calculation of stress intensity factors by a modified crack closure integral

E.F. Rybicki, M. F. Kanninen · Engineering Fracture Mechanics · 1977 · 2.3K citations

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Virtual crack closure technique: History, approach, and applications

Ronald Krueger · Applied Mechanics Reviews · 2004 · 1.5K citations

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A stiffness derivative finite element technique for determination of crack tip stress intensity factors

David M. Parks · International Journal of Fracture · 1974 · 725 citations

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A virtual crack-closure technique for calculating stress intensity factors for cracked three dimensional bodies

Kunigal Shivakumar, P. W. Tan, J. C. Newman · International Journal of Fracture · 1988 · 329 citations

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On the energy release rate and the J-integral for 3-D crack configurations

H. G. deLorenzi · International Journal of Fracture · 1982 · 292 citations · Full text

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