Abstract: The paper presents an experimental method for the solution of the plane state of stress of an elastic-plastic, isotropic solid that obeys the Mises yield condition and the associated flow rule. ...

Abstract: The problem of asymmetric branching of a crack in an infinite plate under generalized plane stress conditions and loading in a direction perpendicular to the main crack at infinity can be ...

Abstract: The experimental method of caustics was applied to the study of asymmetric bending of isotropic cracked plates and to the determination of the complex stress intensity factors (S.I.F’s) at the ...

Abstract: An optical method was developed to study the highly strained region surrounding small edge cracks in brittle transparent materials loaded in tension. Interference of the partially reflected ...

Abstract: The process of a transverse crack intersecting a longitudinal central crack, a longitudinal eccentric crack, or a central hole was investigated by means of high-speed photography and caustics. ...

Abstract: In a previous paper by the authors the minimum elastic strain energy density criterion was studied by considering the general case where both KI and KII -components of the stress intensity ...

Abstract: The method of birefringent coatings for the determination of elastic and plastic surface strains of opaque bodies like metals assumes perfect elasticity of the coating material. In reality the ...

Abstract: Interference of the two partially reflected light beams from the front and back surfaces of a cracked thin plexiglas plate yielded a fringe pattern, which depicted the thickness variations of ...