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Solid mechanics

contact of fatigue crack faces during part of the unloading cycle, which lowers the effective stress intensity driving growth.

In solid mechanics, fatigue crack closure refers to contact of fatigue crack faces during part of the unloading cycle, which lowers the effective stress intensity driving growth. This meaning comes from Elber (1970) in Engineering Fracture Mechanics.[1]

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References

Elber, W. (1970). Fatigue crack closure under cyclic tension. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2(1), 37-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/0013-7944(70)90028-7

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