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The failure behavior of solids is affected not only by mechanical loads but also by the change of temperature and/or moisture. These external disturbances can interact and their influence on the integrity of structural members can be reflected in the energy stored in a unit volume of material. Determination of the volume energy density will involve mechanical deformation in addition to changes in temperature and/or moisture.
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Sih, G.C. (1991). Thermoelastic and hygrothermoelastic behavior of cracks. In: Mechanics of Fracture Initiation and Propagation. Engineering Applications of Fracture Mechanics, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3734-8_6
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