Plastic strains and energy density in cracked plates

VI. The phenomena of rupture and flow in solids

Alan Arnold Griffith · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Containing Papers of a Mathematical or Physical Character · 1921 · 10.6K citations · Full text

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

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On the Stress Distribution at the Base of a Stationary Crack

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Bearing Pressures and Cracks: Bearing Pressures Through a Slightly Waved Surface or Through a Nearly Flat Part of a Cylinder, and Related Problems of Cracks

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Stresses in a plate due to the presence of cracks and sharp corners

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