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 …

Notch features including holes, fillets, shoulders, and grooves commonly exist in
engineering components. When subjected to external loads, these geometrical …

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 …

Crack initiation in brittle materials is not covered by classical fracture mechanics that deals
only with the growth of pre-existing cracks. In order to overcome this deficiency, the Finite …

Lehre sowie in Industrie-und Dienstleistungsunternehmen nach. Die inhaltliche und
strukturelle Komplexität des angesprochenen Wissensgebietes erfordert Einstiegshilfen für …

Mixed mode brittle fracture behaviour of granite rock is studied experimentally and
theoretically using Asymmetric Four Point Bend (AFPB) specimens containing pre-cracks …

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 …

Applications of short fiber reinforced polymer composites (SFRPCs) have been rapidly
increasing and most of the components made of these materials are subjected to cyclic …

This paper attempts to review the most interesting findings in the use of the theory of critical
distances (TCD) to predict fatigue strength of notched mechanical components. Initially, 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 …