The fact that the fracture strain in compression is drastically higher than the one in tension postulates that the material will predominantly fracture during service due to tensile loads. The Young’s modulus of chocolate should be selected based on loading case that is dominant during the event ...
The local strain model postulates a cyclic blunting and sharpening of the crack tip during each TMF cycle, involving contributions of both linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) and elastic plastic fracture mechanics (EPFM) principles. The LEFM contribution is associated with the stress intensity ...
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