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Three-dimensional stability analysis of planar straight cracks propagating quasistatically under type I loading

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We calculate to first order the static stress distribution around cracks which are slightly perturbed from semi infinite straight planar geometry and are subject to type I loading. We find that both in-plane and out-of-plane perturbations give rise to local stress distributions which tend to suppress the deviations in the posterior (quasistatic) propagation of the crack.

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  1. Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, CB3 0HE, Cambridge, UK

    R. C. Ball & H. Larralde

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Ball, R.C., Larralde, H. Three-dimensional stability analysis of planar straight cracks propagating quasistatically under type I loading. Int J Fract 71, 365–377 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00037815

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