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    Fracture

    In 1776 Coulomb [1] expressed the view that fracture of a solid would occur if the maximum shear strain at some point surpassed a critical value characterizing the mechanical strength of the material. Although th...

    Dr. George R. Irwin in Elasticity and Plasticity / Elastizität und Plastizität (1958)