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Calculation of Notch H-Integrals Using Image Correlation Experiments

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This study evaluated notch H-integrals as well as stress intensity factors (SIFs) using image-correlation experiments for anisotropic materials. First, complex displacement and stress functions are deduced into an H-integral equation. Displacements and stresses from image-correlation experiments are then substituted into the H-integral equation to evaluate the notch SIFs. Experimental results compared with finite element analyses show that the SIFs evaluated using the current method are acceptably accurate.

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Ju, S.H. Calculation of Notch H-Integrals Using Image Correlation Experiments. Exp Mech 50, 517–525 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-009-9260-7

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