Crack closure is a phenomenon in fatigue loading, where the opposing faces of a crack remain in contact even with an external load acting on the material...

valid for cracks that grow in any direction. Nevertheless, for a two-dimensional crack that does indeed grow straight ahead, the crack closure integral...

stress state at the crack tip, the lack of crack closure associated with short cracks and the large plastic zone in comparison to the crack length. In addition...

increased rate of crack growth. This effect is often explained using the crack closure concept which describes the observation that the crack faces can remain...

residents.[citation needed] In some cases, enraged citizens have burned crack houses to the ground, in hopes that by destroying the sites for drug operations...

stress ratio, as does the Elber equation by modelling the effect of crack closure. The Paris–Erdogan equation holds over the mid-range of growth rate...

amplitude loading effects in crack growth using a crack closure model. The program uses a strip yield model of the crack tip that was first proposed by...

This means that cases involving multiple out-of-phase load inputs, or crack closure can be treated with high accuracy. Additionally, critical plane analysis...

used as benchmarks for new crack stress analysis methods. He developed the theory for predicting plasticity induced crack closure and software Fastran, which...

expansion. Autogenous healing of cementitious materials influences crack self-closure and, subsequently, durability and physical-mechanical performance...

(closure, Fastran, Hsu, Wheeler, and Generalized Willenborg), a strain-life based fatigue crack initiation model, and the ability to perform a crack growth...

dissolution and recrystallization of the γ′ phase at the crack tip. Study of crack closure shows that crack growth rate is independent of maximum cycle temperature...

treatments such as virtual crack closure techniques and remeshing to determine crack paths. In contrast, approaches using a diffuse crack representation retain...

loading cycle when contact between the opposite crack faces occurs in order to measure crack closure. Applied test loads are usually monitored on the...

Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon (formerly known as Starchaser and Nightmare at Phantom Cave) was a twister roller coaster at Great Escape amusement park...

2020 Hall of Honor. On February 27, 2014, the stadium was closed due to cracking in concrete making it unsafe to use. All scheduled events were canceled...

High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell is a 1995 American documentary film directed by Richard Farrell, Maryann DeLeo and Jon Alpert. It was a co-production...

applies compressive stress at the crack tip to prevent crack propagation as well as closure tractions at the crack wake. From another point of view, the...

December 23, 2013. Duprey, Rich (December 20, 2013). "Biglari Takes Another Crack at Cracker Barrel". The Motley Fool. Archived from the original on December...

curious explorers. By July 2009, the two large concrete slides had numerous cracks and splits in the concrete that had sprouted saplings six to eight feet...

for Île-aux-Tourtes bridge closure". CBC News Montreal, May 21, 2021. "New crack on Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge forces lane closure: Transport Ministry - Montreal...

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Jiang Y. "An effective fracture analysis method based on the virtual crack closure-integral technique implemented in CS-FEM", Applied Mathematical Modelling...

of Memphis and the Irving Block prison. Hurlbut had been instructed to crack down on Confederate sympathizers and the smuggling of cotton, but instead...

indefinitely to all motor traffic in April 2019 after cracks were discovered in the bridge's pedestals. The closure was extended to pedestrians and cyclists between...

Jiang Y. "An effective fracture analysis method based on the virtual crack closure-integral technique implemented in CS-FEM", Applied Mathematical Modelling...

secret project known as Project 1234 and by May 1942, the first Catalytic Cracking Unit came on stream where refining capacity in Trinidad and Tobago was...

The Cretto di Burri (crack of Burri) or Cretto di Gibellina (crack of Gibellina), also known as "Il Grande Cretto (The Great Crack)", is a landscape artwork...

stating that it would be impossible to completely eliminate the risk of cracks occurring in the vessel’s structure. The JR Kyushu Jet Ferry company, which...

that the sight of Robbie's corpse will give them a finality, bringing a closure and end to Celine's and Emman's relationship. Amalia doesn't agree, predicting...