Abstract
A correction is provided to the formula for the stress intensity factor for the double cleavage drilled compression (DCDC) specimen derived by Plaisted et al. in Int J Fract 141: 447–457, 2006.
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This work was supported by the Doctoral Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (No. 20130181130013).
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Wang, Q., Ni, M., Zhang, C. et al. Clarification of formulas for stress intensity factor for DCDC specimens. Int J Fract 201, 249–250 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-016-0144-4
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