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The influence of the T-stress on the directional stability of cracks

Melin, Solveig LU (2002) In International Journal of Fracture 114(3). p.259-265
Abstract
The sign of the T-stress has been widely used for deciding whether directional stability prevails for straight cracks subjected to mode I loading under small scale yielding. However, there is little evidence for the reliability of such a criterion. On the contrary, it is shown that a local criterion is not applicable and that directional stability generally depends on body and load geometry as well as on material parameters, whereas the sign of the T-stress is totally irrelevant in most cases.
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crack path stability, stability criteria, T-stress
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International Journal of Fracture
volume
114
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3
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259 - 265
publisher
Springer
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  • scopus:0036543596
ISSN
0376-9429
DOI
10.1023/A:1015521629898
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English
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  author       = {{Melin, Solveig}},
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  keywords     = {{crack path stability; stability criteria; T-stress}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{259--265}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{International Journal of Fracture}},
  title        = {{The influence of the T-stress on the directional stability of cracks}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1015521629898}},
  doi          = {{10.1023/A:1015521629898}},
  volume       = {{114}},
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