Abstract: The usefulness of two conservation integrals, the so-called J and M integrals, in fracture mechanics is reviewed. A method for experimental evaluation of these quantities by direct determination ...

Abstract: A technique previously presented [1] for the nondestructive evaluation of the J integral in cracked samples from ultrasonic measurements of stress, and successfully tested on specimens under mode ...

Abstract: The quasi-static sliding contact stress field due to a spherical indenter on an elastic half-space with a single layer is studied. The contact problem is solved using a least-squares iterative ...