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Dual-Tip Elastic Indentation: A New Technique for Controlled Crack Growth and Brittle Fracture Toughness Determination

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A dual-tip indenter has been used to extend cracks previously generated by a Vickers indentation on soda-lime glass. Controlled crack growth is feasible and useful for different fracture mechanics measurements.

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  1. CEIT (Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas de Gipuzkoa) and TECNUN, University of Navarra, Paseo de Manuel Lardizábal 15, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain

    A. Martín-Meizoso, J.M. Martínez-Esnaola & J. Gil-Sevillano

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Martín-Meizoso, A., Martínez-Esnaola, J. & Gil-Sevillano, J. Dual-Tip Elastic Indentation: A New Technique for Controlled Crack Growth and Brittle Fracture Toughness Determination. International Journal of Fracture 110, 15–22 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012239707647

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