Abstract
Although various types of material behaviors such as plasticity and viscoelasticity have been accounted for the study of material failure, the fundamental concept of fracture mechanics is derived from the analysis of a crack in linear elastic materials.
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Hwu, C. (2010). Cracks. In: Anisotropic Elastic Plates. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5915-7_7
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