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In this investigation it will be shown, that the proved and numerically effective Virtual Crack Closure (VCC)-method, which offers particular advantages for mixed-mode fracture analyses of homogeneous materials, is also applicable to complex interface crack problems. This will be done by the finite element (FE) analysis of a centre cracked bi-material plate and of a fibre pull-out problem. Furthermore the kinking of an interface crack into the matrix material is considered and the results obtained by the VCC-method are discussed with respect to other solutions and experimental findings.
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Buchholz, F.G. (1991). Mixed-Mode Fracture Analysis of Debonding and Matrix Crack Processes by the Virtual Crack Closure Method. In: Teoh, S.H., Lee, K.H. (eds) Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3650-1_37
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