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Translated from Fiziko-Khimicheskaya Mekhanika Materialov, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 62–70, November–December, 1984.

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Romaniv, O.N., Tkach, A.N. & Lenets, Y.N. Possible disturbance of invariance of fatigue failure curves caused by the phenomenon of crack closure. Mater Sci 20, 562–569 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00723556

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