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The Griffith concept [1, 2] of imperfection instability in a solid was the first step toward predicting the fracture strength of solids. The basic idea behind his theory is that a crack will begin to propagate if the elastic energy released by its growth is greater than the energy required to create the fractured surfaces. As a model, Griffith considered the problem of a crack of length 2a in a plate under tension σ as in Figure 1.1(a).
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Sih, G.C. (1991). A special theory of crack propagation. In: Mechanics of Fracture Initiation and Propagation. Engineering Applications of Fracture Mechanics, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3734-8_1
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