Abstract: Fracture toughness is evaluated using the combination of results from a single compact tension fracture test and computationally developed key-curves. The key-curves—a family of load-deflection ...

Abstract: A compact shear specimen configuration, consisting of three legs with the outer two loaded axially in a direction opposite to the inner one, has been used for several mixed-mode fracture ...

Abstract: The fracture toughness of soda-lime glass was measured by applying thermal stresses to center-cracked plates. Mode I cracking was achieved by chilling the crack faces. The stress intensity factor ...

Abstract: Residual stresses due to surface treatment are measured using the compliance method. The method makes use of the strains measured on the surface while a cut is extended progressively along a ...