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Janssen M., Zuidema J., Wanhill R.J.H. Fracture Mechanics 2004
Janssen M., Zuidema J., Wanhill R.J.H. Fracture Mechanics 2004
Janssen M., Zuidema J., Wanhill R.J.H. Fracture Mechanics 2004
chromatic fringe loops. The factor is included in equation (11.21) because of the use of side grooves to ensure an in-plane fracture path in the specimen.
In the limit of 0 the function L( ) = 1, while it monotonically increases with until it reaches infinity at the speed of Rayleigh waves. Assuming a constant (critical) CTOD for a propagating crack, Kanninen used equation (11.22) to predict the crack velocity as a function of crack length. A reasonable agreement was found with