PSI - Issue 47

Gianmarco Villani et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 47 (2023) 873–881 G. Villani et al. / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2023) 000–000

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(c) Fig. 8. Infinite body with elliptical crack; (a) Crack path during the propagation: energetic approach; (b) Crack path during the propagation: SIF approach (Hachi et al. (2010)); (c) Stress distribution along the crack front.

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(c) Fig. 9. Surface cracked plate with bending load; (a) Crack path during the propagation: energetic approach; (b) Crack path during the propagation: SIF approach (Lin and Smith (1999b)); (c) Stress distribution along the crack front.