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 …

An overview of past research on T-stress is presented in this paper. Beginning with the
origin of T-stress, the authors discuss different phenomena associated with T-stress: crack …

In this paper, the effect of friction on the interactions between the supports and test specimen
is investigated in the fracture tests under pure mode I, pure mode II, and pure mode III …

Peridynamic models typically adopt regular point distributions and uniform horizons, limiting
their flexibility and engineering applicability. In this work, a micropolar peridynamics …

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 …

Geometry and loading condition of cracked specimens may affect the fracture toughness
results and hence the evaluation of differences in measured fracture toughness values is …

The current research demonstrates the application of artificial neural network (ANN) in
predicting the fracture under mixed-mode I/II loadings. To this end, based on the analysis of …

An edge cracked semi-circular specimen subjected to asymmetric three-point bend loading
was suggested for investigating mixed mode fracture in brittle materials. Using finite element …

In practical applications it is important to determine resistance of cracked materials against
out of plane sliding deformation (ie mode III fracture toughness (K IIIc)) using suitable testing …

A novel test specimen was designed for experimental investigations of pure and mixed
mode fracture. This novel test configuration is called “modified edge notched disc bend”(M …