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Fig. 1 The cracked spherical vessel: (a) coordinate system, a segment of the vessel containing (b) a radial crack array, (c) a coplanar crack array, (d) a ring crack, and (e) the parametric angle ψ defining the points on the crack fronts of a lunular and, (f) a slender crescentic crack.