PSI - Issue 12

Venanzio Giannella et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 12 (2018) 499–506 V. Giannella Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2018) 000 – 000

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Figure 4: (a) Experimental, (b) DBEM and (c) FEM crack paths; (d) Crack-Growth Rates comparison.

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Figure 5: SIFs calculated for the initial crack for various combinations of static and dynamic loads: “LC1” refers to the static + dynamic load case whereas “LC2” refers to the static – dynamic load case.