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Effect of joint length and filling material on crack propagation in PMMA plates using the caustics method

Jianyin Lei, Runpeng Li, Houtian Zhang, Qishen Wang, Peng Qiu, Shiqiang Li, Zhifang Liu, Zhihua Wang

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