An examination of methods of assessing interacting surface cracks by comparison with experimental data

An empirical stress-intensity factor equation for the surface crack

James C. Newman, I. S. Raju · Engineering Fracture Mechanics · 1981 · 1.8K citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +14

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

G. R. Irwin · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1962 · 738 citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computational Structural Analysis +6

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

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +11

Why do cracks avoid each other?

Solveig Melin · International Journal of Fracture · 1983 · 174 citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering +7

Interacting dissimilar semi-elliptical surface flaws under tension and bending

Yukitaka MURAKAMI, S. Nemat-Nasser · Engineering Fracture Mechanics · 1982 · 168 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +5