Estimating the elastic interaction factors of two coplanar surface cracks under mode I load

An empirical stress-intensity factor equation for the surface crack

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

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On the method of virtual crack extensions

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State of stress at the vertex of a quarter-infinite crack in a half-space

J. P. Benthem · International Journal of Solids and Structures · 1977 · 399 citations

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