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A.A. Ahmed et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 3 (2017) 498–507 Author name / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2017) 000–000

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Plain specimens

Specimens with crack-like notches

 p =0 

 p =30 

 p =45 

 p =60 

 p =90 

Fig. 4. Examples of the cracking behaviour displayed by the specimens being tested (in the different figures the longitudinal axis of the specimens is vertical).