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Fig. 3. synthesis from specimens made out of Terfenol-D at various loading-rate in presence and absence of the magnetic field B.

Conclusions A combined experimental and numerical study was conducted to understand the defect sensitivity of giant magnetostrictive materials. Under mode I loading condition, it has been found that Terfenol-D shows a decrease in fracture load in presence of a magnetic field. This behavior in justified by the increase of the strain energy with increasing magnetic fields. Terfenol-D also shows a decrease in fracture loads as the loading-rate decreases. Results indicate that SED criterion in able to capture this behavior if a linear relationship between the size of the control volume and the loading-rate is assumed. A good match between experimental results and numerical predictions has been found and a substantial mesh insensitivity of SED approach has been proved. References Ayatollahi, M.R., Razavi, S.M.J., Rashidi Moghaddam, M., Berto, F., 2015. Mode I fracture analysis of Polymethylmetacrylate using modified energy—based models. Physical Mesomechanics 18(5), 53-62. Ayatollahi, M.R., Rashidi Moghaddam, M., Razavi, S.M.J., Berto, F., 2016. Geometry effects on fracture trajectory of PMMA samples under pure mode-I loading. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 163, 449–461. Beltrami, E., 1885. Sulle condizioni di resistenza dei corpi elastici. Rendiconti del Regio Istituto Lombardo XVIII, 704–714. Berto, F., Lazzarin, P., 2014. Recent developments in brittle and quasi-brittle failure assessment of engineering materials by means of local approaches. Materials Science and Engineering R 75, 1–48. Berto, F., Lazzarin, P., 2009. A review of the volume-based strain energy density approach applied to V-notches and welded structures. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 52, 183–194. Calkins, F., Flatau, a. b., Dapino, M.J., 2007. Overview of Magnetostrictive Sensor Technology. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 18, 1057–1066. Cao, R., Lei, M.X., Chen, J.H., Zhang, J., 2007. Effects of loading rate on damage and fracture behavior of TiAl alloys. Materials Science and Engineering: A 465, 183–193. Engdahl, G., 1999. Handbook of Giant Magnetostrictive Materials. Academic Press, New York. Jia, Z., Liu, W., Zhang, Y., Wang, F., G.D., 2006. A nonlinear magnetomechanical coupling model of giant magnetostrictive thin films at low magnetic fields. Sensors and Actuators A 128, 158–164. Lazzarin, P., Berto, F., Zappalorto, M., 2010. Rapid calculations of notch stress intensity factors based on averaged strain energy density from coarse meshes: theoretical bases and applications. International Journal of Fatigue 32, 1559–1567. Lazzarin, P., Zambardi, R., 2001. A finite-volume-energy based approach to predict the static and fatigue behavior of components with sharp V shaped notches. International J of Fracture 112, 275–298. Li, P., Wen, Y., Liu, P., Li, X., Jia, C., 2010. A magnetoelectric energy harvester and management circuit for wireless sensor network. Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical 157, 100–106. Mori, K., Horibe, T., Ishikawa, S., Shindo, Y., Narita, F., 2015. Characteristics of vibration energy harvesting using giant magnetostrictive cantilevers with resonant tuning. Smart Materials and Structures 24, 125032.