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Interfacial stress singularities in a bimaterial wedge

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In this paper methods of computing stress singularity factors for strain-hardening materials are reviewed. The methods are applied to calculation of these factors for a bimaterial wedge comprising two power-law hardening materials of arbitrary external and internal angles.

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Rudge, M.R.H., Tiernan, D.M. Interfacial stress singularities in a bimaterial wedge. Int J Fract 74, 63–75 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018575

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