The effect of free surfaces on the K-cra
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E. Smith
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Article
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1992
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Many b&tie materials exhibit a behaviour whereby crack growth is accompanied by the development of a ligament zone behind the crack tip, the restraining stresses due to the crack bridging elements within this zone being responsible for the crack tip stress intensity (#C) increasing during crack grow