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A number of investigators have proposed the mathematical formulation of elastostatic conservation laws as path independent integrals of some functionals of the elastic field over the bounding surface of a closed region. For notch problems, Rice [6.1] introduced the two-dimensional version of the conservation law, a path independent line integral, known as the J-integral. The present chapter is devoted to the theoretical foundation of the path independent J-integral and its use as a fracture criterion. The critical value of the opening of the crack faces near the crack tip is also introduced as a fracture criterion.
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Gdoutos, E.E. (1993). J-integral and Crack Opening Displacement Fracture Criteria. In: Fracture Mechanics. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8158-5_6
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