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The toughness of a material is its capacity to retain strength following damage. The most severe form of damage being a sharp crack, the most severe measure of toughness is the maximum stress which can be applied before such a crack extends. Unlike tensile strength, for example, this stress will depend on the geometry of the cracked body, as well as on inherent properties of the material.
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Leevers, P.S. (1999). Fracture Mechanics. In: Swallowe, G.M. (eds) Mechanical Properties and Testing of Polymers. Polymer Science and Technology Series, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9231-4_22
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