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- A consequent application of the generalized local model would request the true non-uniform distribution of K along the crack front rather than the constant uniform distribution of K throughout assumed. Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the Severo Ochoa Pre-doctoral Grants Program of the Regional Government of Asturias (Spain) and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) under project BIA2010-19920 for funding support. References ASTM. E1921-10-2010 standard test method for determination of reference temperature, to, for ferritic steels in the transition range. In: Annual book of ASTM standards. Philadelphia, PA: American Society for Testing and Materials; Meshii T., Lu K, Ryota T., 2013 A failure criterion to explain the test specimen thickness effect on fracture toughness in the transition temperature region. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol 104, pp. 184 – 197 Muniz-Calvente M. 2016, Joint evaluation of fracture and fatigue results from distinct specimen size and geometry. Procedia Structural Integrity. pp. 142-149 Petti JP, Dodds RH. 2004. Coupling of the Weibull stress model and macroscale models to predict cleavage fracture. Engineering Fracture Mechanics ;71:2079 – 103. Rathbun, H. J. , Odette, G. R. , Yamamoto T., and Lucas G. E., 2006. Influence of statistical and constraint loss size effects on cleavage fracture toughness in the transition-a single variable experiment and database, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 73,no. 1, pp.134 – 158. Wallin K. 1985. The size effect in KIC results. Engineering Fracture Mechanics;22:149 – 63