Inhibition of a crack by thermoelastic stress field

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A problem of inhibition of a curvilinear crack with end zones in a stretchable plate when on crack propagation path, there is a heated zone is solved. The relations for stress intensity factors and opening of curvilinear crack faces at the edge of the zone depending on the applied load, intensity of thermal source, crack’s length, and geometrical sizes of the heated zone are obtained. Dependence of the crack length on the applied tensile load, intensity of the heated zone, and also on physical and geometrical parameters of the plate at monotone loading is established. http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/i7rh9Ckp3MaCZuF2Cf3K/full

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