Effect of T-stress on fatigue crack closure in 3-D small-scale yielding

On the Stress Distribution at the Base of a Stationary Crack

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Slightly curved or kinked cracks

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Influence of non-singular stress terms and specimen geometry on small-scale yielding at crack tips in elastic-plastic materials

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Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +15

Two-Parameter Characterization of Elastic-Plastic Crack-Tip Fields

J.W. Hancock · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1991 · 771 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +15

Limitations to the small scale yielding approximation for crack tip plasticity

J. R. Rice · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 1974 · 636 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +12