Fracture criteria play a very important role in predicting crack propagation behavior and life
evaluation of cracked bodies. In this paper, mixed mode I-II fracture criteria in the framework …

Brittle failure of components weakened by cracks or sharp and blunt V-notches is a topic of
active and continuous research. It is attractive for all researchers who face the problem of …

When used as compressive air energy storages, underground salt caverns are often
subjected to discontinuous cyclic force, characterized by low-stress time intervals (LSIs). In …

A large bulk of experimental data from static tests of sharp and blunt V-notches and from
fatigue tests of welded joints are presented in an unified way by using the mean value of the …

In the presence of sharp V-notches the stress distributions are singular and the intensity of
the stress fields is given in terms of the notch stress intensity factors which are largely used …

Fatigue assessment of welded joint is still far from being completely solved now, since many
influencing factors coexist and some important ones should be considered in the developed …

At welded joints, fatigue cracks usually initiate either at the weld toe or the weld root. The
latter may be influenced by small defects or other irregularities or even by non-fused root …

Fracture assessment of components weakened by sharp V-notches is typically carried out by
means of the Notch Stress Intensity Factors (NSIFs), which quantify the asymptotic linear …

Brittle fracture of isostatic polycrystalline graphite is studied experimentally, theoretically and
numerically using U-notched samples under mode I and mixed mode loading (I+ II) …

In the present contribution, the fracture behaviour of specimens made of isostatic graphite
and weakened by inclined key‐hole notches is investigated. Different loading mixities are …