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Fig. 7. Specimen SSPW 12-27: (a) crack propagation path observed in experiments; (b) crack propagation path represented by PF contour obtained from numerical simulations

6. Acknowledgement This paper has been assigned the registration number CSIR-SERC-949 / 2023. This research is funded by generous grant from CSIR, New Delhi.