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An Equivalent Block Approach to Crack Growth

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Multiscale Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation of Engineering Materials: Structural Integrity and Microstructural Worthiness

Part of the book series: Solid Mechanics and its Applications ((SMIA,volume 152))

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This work is concerned with the recent developments in the formulation and application of the generalised Frost-Dugdale crack growth law and illustrates how it can be used to predict crack growth, from near micron size initial flaws, under variable amplitude load spectra.

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  1. Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Monash University, P.O. Box 31, Victoria, 3800, Australia

    R. Jones

  2. DSTO Centre of Expertise for Structural Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Monash University, P.O. Box 31, Victoria, 3800, Australia

    R. Jones & D. Peng

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Monash University, P.O. Box 31, Victoria, 3800, Australia

    S. Pitt

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  1. East China University of Science, Shanghai, China

    G. C. Sih

  2. Institute of Fracture and Solid Mechanics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

    G. C. Sih

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Jones, R., Pitt, S., Peng, D. (2008). An Equivalent Block Approach to Crack Growth. In: Sih, G.C. (eds) Multiscale Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation of Engineering Materials: Structural Integrity and Microstructural Worthiness. Solid Mechanics and its Applications, vol 152. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8520-8_2

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