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From an examination of the different types of stress and strain-rate fields that can develop ahead of a growing crack in an elastic / creeping material a simple map is developed for presenting creep crack growth data. The map can also be used to determine the most suitable, if any, crack tip parameter to correlate a particular set of data and to assess the range of applicability of theoretical models describing the process of crack growth.
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Cocks, A.C.F., De Voy, J.D.J. (1991). A Study of Creep Crack Growth in Engineering Materials. In: Cocks, A.C.F., Ponter, A.R.S. (eds) Mechanics of Creep Brittle Materials 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3688-4_1
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