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The successful use of linear elastic fracture mechanics theory in predicting brittle fracture in isotropic domains with cracks is attributed to the successful correlation of a single parameter, namely the stress intensity factor, with experimental observations for the determination of failure initiation or crack propagation.
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Yosibash, Z. (2012). Failure Criteria for Brittle Elastic Materials. In: Singularities in Elliptic Boundary Value Problems and Elasticity and Their Connection with Failure Initiation. Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, vol 37. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1508-4_8
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