Recent theoretical and experimental results on fast brittle fracture

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

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

Crack propagation in an elastic solid subjected to general loading—I. Constant rate of extension

L. B. Freund · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 1972 · 484 citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering +16

Brittle fracture of solids with arbitrary cracks

R. V. Goldstein, R. L. Salganik · International Journal of Fracture · 1974 · 457 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +13

Energy flux into the tip of an extending crack in an elastic solid

L. B. Freund · Journal of Elasticity · 1972 · 298 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics +14