Issue 35

O. Demir et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 35 (2016) 340-349; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.35.39

CRITICAL LOAD VALUES (kN)

Loading Angle (°)

Richard [10]

Erdogan and Sih [1]

Pook [8]

Tanaka [9]

Developed Criterion

Experimental Results

Specimen No

LT-01-150814-01 LT-01-251214-01 LT-01-251214-02 LT-01-150814-02 LT-01-150814-03 LT-01-150814-04 LT-01-090215-01 LT-01-150814-06 LT-01-150814-07 LT-01-220814-11 LT-01-150814-09 LT-01-150814-10 LT-01-150814-12 LT-01-251214-03 LT-01-150814-04

0

12.24 23.66 23.78 26.83 28.45 28.63 62.20 32.05 32.40 30.94 37.78 36.86 37.03 40.92 45.01

12.24 23.64 23.75 26.68 28.30 28.48 61.88 31.70 32.06 30.60 37.20 36.29 36.45 40.39 44.34

12.24 23.64 23.75 26.69 28.30 28.48 61.89 31.70 32.05 30.60 37.17 36.26 36.42 40.32 44.36

12.24 23.92 24.04 28.20 29.89 30.10 65.29 35.86 36.14 34.61 42.36 41.28 41.46 37.29 40.89

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11.38 26.11 26.68 27.52 28.59 29.57 60.23 35.61 33.00 35.60 46.25 46.90 45.71 62.73 68.07

15 15 30 30 30 30 45 45 45 60 60 60 75 75

26.38 26.41 27.05 28.62 28.86 63.02 34.96 35.27 33.57 46.23 44.86 45.08 63.37 72.84

Table 4 : Experimental and predicted CTS specimen fracture load values obtained from the developed criterion with other existing criteria in the literature.

Figure 1 : Comparisons of experimental and predicted CTS specimen fracture loads.

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