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A thought model for the fracture of brittle solids

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  1. Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA

    W. G. Knauss

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  1. Ludwig Prandtl
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Translated by W.G. Knauss, June 2011

Ludwig Prandtl (4 February 1875 – 15 August 1953).

This English translation of the original article published nearly four score years ago in German (original reference: Ludwig Prandtl, Ein Gedankenmodell für den Zerreißvorgang spröder Körper, Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, 13 (1933), pp. 129–133) is reproduced here as an article of historical interest, with permission from John Wiley and Sons. Thanks to Professor Wolfgang Knauss of the California Institute of Technology who provided the English translation.

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Prandtl, L., Knauss, W.G. A thought model for the fracture of brittle solids. Int J Fract 171, 105–109 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-011-9637-3

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