Kinked Cracks and Richard Fracture Criterion
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Mixed-mode stress intensity factors for kink cracks in front of a pre-existing crack were computed. It can be demonstrated that the empirical criterion by Richard is an excellent interpolation relation for the kink crack problem.
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OpenAlex topics: Fatigue and fracture mechanics · Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation · Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
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5. Richard, H.A. (1985) Prediction of fracture of cracks subjected to combined tensile and shear loads (in German), VDI Research Report 631/85, Düsseldorf, Germany.