The energy release rate for a quasi-stat
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L. Schovanec; J.R. Walton
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Article
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1987
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The Energy Release Rate (ERR) for the quasi-static problem of a semi-infinite mode I crack propagating through an inhomogeneous isotropic linearly viscoelastic body is examined. The shear modulus is assumed to have a power-law dependence on depth from the plane of the crack and a very general behavi