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Buckling Failure of Interface Cracks Loaded in Shear

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The paper investigates the buckling mode of failure of long interfacial cracks subjected to shear loading. A criterion which describes the transition from fracture to buckling instability failure modes is derived.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia

    Andrei Kotousov & Steven Harding

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Kotousov, A., Harding, S. Buckling Failure of Interface Cracks Loaded in Shear. Int J Fract 148, 443–448 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-008-9216-4

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