A novel test specimen was designed for experimental investigations of pure and mixed
mode fracture. This novel test configuration is called “modified edge notched disc bend”(M …

Towards measuring the mixed-mode I+ III fracture toughness independent of geometry and
loading type, two test specimens were numerically and experimentally compared. The …

In this review paper, only constraint and stress gradient approaches to transferability of
fracture toughness are examined. The different constraint parameters are defined and …

Propagating cracks may deflect due to dynamic instability, running into pre-existing weak
regions of heterogeneous media, or encountering variation in driving forces. The …

Abstract Compact-Tension-Shear (CTS) specimen with its loading device has been widely
used in mixed-mode I&II fatigue crack growth (FCG) experiments. To accurately describe the …

A novel test‐loading device was suggested in order to study the fracture behavior of brittle
materials under mixed mode I/II/III loading conditions. A version of the compact tension …

Details related to modeling and experimental analyses for a new type of specimen, which is
proposed to be used for mixed mode-I/II fracture tests, are presented. The specimen is …

Abstract Effects of plastic constraint on the fracture of materials have been studied
extensively. Often in such studies, the plastic constraint is divided into in-plane and out-of …

In order to characterize the crack tip stress field in three-dimensional fatigue and fracture
problems, stress intensity factor and T-stress solutions are usually necessary. In this paper …

A mode-adjustable phase-field model is proposed by introducing a weight parameter to
regulate the relative contribution of the volumetric and distortional crack driving energy …