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strain ennergy release rate+stress intensity factors

energy release rate+stress intensity factors

Submitted by Michael M. Michaels on

I'm having a hard time trying to relate the the forces specified in the figure so that I can obtain the expression for the strain energy release rate.

For the 'L-opening load' P when acting alone, the energy release rate is given by: 

 G= (12*P2*L2) / (E*B2*h3)

 

For the '2L/3-opening load' P when acting alone, the energy release rate is given by:

 G=(16*P2*L2) / (3*E*B2*h3)