Abstract
Fracture is failure initiated by a defect or crack. A defect is simply any deviation from the nominal component specification, geometric or material, which cannot be evaluated entirely by continuum methods without taking into account the specific form of the local deviation. Problems involving crack-like defects therefore require a special analytical tool which includes the presence of the defect in the mathematical model. This tool is fracture mechanics.
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Penny, R.K., Marriott, D.L. (1995). Creep fracture. In: Design for Creep. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0561-3_7
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