Fatigue crack propagation and cyclic deformation at a crack tip

Analysis of Stresses and Strains Near the End of a Crack Traversing a Plate

G. R. Irwin · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1957 · 5.4K citations

Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Behavior Of Materials +16

On the Stress Distribution at the Base of a Stationary Crack

M. L. Williams · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1957 · 3.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Civil Engineering, Materials Science +17

A rational analytic theory of fatigue

Pc Paris · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1961 · 1.2K citations

Engineering, Physics, Ergonomics +7

The spread of plastic yield from a notch

B. A. Bilby, Alan Cottrell, K. H. Swinden · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1963 · 937 citations

Natural Sciences, Civil Engineering, Materials Science +17

Fatigue crack propagation—an analysis

B. Tomkins · Philosophical magazine · 1968 · 557 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +16