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The experimentally obtained tensile load-bearing capacity of fifteen U-notched polycrystalline graphite plates reported in literature was theoretically estimated by means of two well-known brittle fracture models, namely the mean stress (MS) and the point stress (PS) criteria. The results showed that while the mean discrepancies between the experimental and the theoretical results for both the models are very good and approximately equal, the discrepancies are significantly different for various notch tip radii. Meanwhile, the results of MS and PS criteria were compared with the results of the strain energy density (SED) criterion reported in literature. Relatively similar value of mean discrepancy was also obtained for the SED model. It was demonstrated in this research that for small values of the notch tip radius, the MS model is the most appropriate failure criterion while the PS and SED criteria are much better models for medium radii. Moreover, for large notch tip radii, the MS and PS criteria are better choices for tensile fracture assessment of U-notched graphite plates than the SED criterion.
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Torabi, A.R. Fracture Assessment of U-Notched Graphite Plates Under Tension. Int J Fract 181, 285–292 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-012-9799-7
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