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function coefficients are only available for a limited range of crack sizes, aspect ratios and separation distances (Coules 2017), however with further parametric FEA studies this method could be used for a much greater range of geometries.

Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under grant no. EP/M019446/1. The author is grateful to Dr Bostjan Bezensek for many interesting discussions this topic.

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