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The University of Birmingham, Great Britain. Published in Fiziko-Khimicheskaya Mekhanika Materialov, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 42–65, May–June, 1993.
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Knott, J.F. The science and engineering of fracture. Mater Sci 29, 229–248 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00558966
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