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In this study, the unstable dynamic crack propagation due to static loading in an elastic material is analyzed for both antiplane and inplane conditions. Of particular concern is the investigation of limitations on the assumption that the stress intensity factor field is fully established over a region of given size near the tip of a growing crack. The transient analysis of the stress for a material particle at a small fixed distance from the moving crack tip is examined in detail. Some estimations are made of the time required for the stress at a point near the moving crack tip to reach the value it would have if the stress field were actually given by the near tip stress intensity factor field. In addition, a simple formulation obtained from the equivalent static problem is proposed which can be used as a good approximation to the associated complicated dynamic transient problem.
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Ma, CC., Chen, SK. Investigations on the stress intensity factor field for unstable dynamic crack growth. Int J Fract 58, 345–359 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00048954
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