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An investigation of the j-integral method for rating the crack resistance of constructional materials (a review)

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Translated from Fiziko-Khimicheskaya Mekhanika Materialov, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 80–95, May–June, 1978.

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Romaniv, O.N., Nikiforchin, G.N. An investigation of the j-integral method for rating the crack resistance of constructional materials (a review). Mater Sci 14, 296–308 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00754772

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