Abstract
The relationship between the energy fluxes - namely the one directly involved in fracture (fracture energy on the 'microlevel') and the one that flows to the edge of the crack in the long-wave approximation (on the 'macrolevel') - in relation to a linear-elastic homogeneous continuous medium with a structure of quite general form is determined. The corresponding formulas for discrete media are derived.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 114-122 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Mechanics of Solids |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - 1984 |