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Dynamic fracture toughness of Homalite-100 determined by T. Kobayashi and Dally are compared with those previously obtained by the authors where similarities in the two results for single-edged-notch specimens of various configurations are noted. Dynamic fracture toughness of Araldite B obtained by Kalthoff, Beinert and Winkler and those of Homalite-100 obtained by the authors are then compared and, again, similarities in the two results and, in particular, the scatters in experimental data for wedge-loaded DCB specimens of different sizes are found. All three teams of investigators used static near-field solution to compute the dynamic stress-intensity factors from recored dynamic isochromatics or dynamic caustics. Errors generated through this use of static near-field solutions, as well as through the use of larger isochromatic lobes, are thus discussed.
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Kobayashi, A.S., Mall, S. Dynamic fracture toughness of Homalite-100. Experimental Mechanics 18, 11–18 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02326552
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