Compliance calibration of the short rod
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R. T. Bubsey; D. Munz; W. S. Pierce; J. L. Shannon
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Article
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1982
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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The short rod chevron-notch specimen has the advantages of (1) crack development at the chevron tip during the early stage of test loading and (2) convenient calculation of Ktc from the maximum test load and a calibration factor which depends only on the specimen geometry and manner of loading. For