I attach Barenblatt's paper which is difficult to access. The paper includes a milestone idea of the cohesive surface that  allows us to get rid of unphysical singularities in the older formulations of fracture mechanics.

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hi all,

In coupled field analysis, the first step is to do thermal analysis, then these thermal results will be imported to structural analysis then the couled analysis is carried out.

My question is, 

for example if the body is subjected to 300deg C. The thermal analysis is carried out with 300deg C.

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Hallo.

For a crack in an elastic body subject to a load, the elastic energy stored in the body is a function of two independent variables: the displacement of the load, and the area of the crack. The energy release rate is defined by the partial derivative of the elastic energy of the body with respect to the area of the crack.

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