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Numerical Modelling of Fracture Propagation

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Rock Fracture Mechanics

Part of the book series: International Centre for Mechanical Sciences ((CISM,volume 275))

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Why should one study fracture propagation? Is not prediction of fracture initiation the object of fracture mechanics? In his papers on rupture under tensile and compressive loading, Griffith1,2 proposed conditions for fracture initiation which he presumed to be coincident with structural instability. The vast majority of the fracture mechanics research since Griffith has addressed the problem of predicting structural failure as the immediate consequence of fracture initiation. Yes, considerable attention has been focused on sub-critical crack growth as in fatigue and ductile fracture. But there the amount of propagation before fracture initiation is typically small compared to that which potentially occurs after. Why, then, should one be interested in modelling propagation: where a crack goes, what it does along the way, and how much energy it takes to get there?

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Ingraffea, A.R. (1983). Numerical Modelling of Fracture Propagation. In: Rossmanith, H.P. (eds) Rock Fracture Mechanics. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 275. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2750-6_4

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