The effects of thermal stresses on the elliptical surface cracks in PWR reactor pressure vessel

An empirical stress-intensity factor equation for the surface crack

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Energy release rate along a three-dimensional crack front in a thermally stressed body

C.F. Shih, Brian J. Moran, Taro Nakamura · International Journal of Fracture · 1986 · 868 citations

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Crack-Extension Force for a Part-Through Crack in a Plate

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The Part-Through Surface Crack in an Elastic Plate

J. R. Rice, N. Levy · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1972 · 550 citations · Full text

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Stress-intensity factor equations for cracks in three-dimensional finite bodies subjected to tension and bending loads

James C. Newman, I. S. Raju · NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) · 1984 · 364 citations · Full text

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