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Materials for engineering, 3rd Edition - (Malestrom)

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Determination of mechanical properties 49<br />

σ<br />

2c<br />

σ<br />

2.9 Crack in plate of unit thickness.<br />

+<br />

U s = 4cγ<br />

Energy<br />

C*<br />

1 / 2 crack length<br />

–<br />

2.10 Change in energy with crack length.<br />

U v = π c 2 σ 2 /E<br />

the diagram of free energy change versus embryo size in the theory of<br />

nucleation of phase trans<strong>for</strong>mations (Fig. 1.4). The critical crack size c* is<br />

thus when:

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