Maria N. Charalambides

TL;DR: In this paper, two different schemes for analysing mixed-mode failures are discussed, one based on the local singular field ahead of a crack tip and the other based on applied energy release rates.

TL;DR: In this paper, a simple method for computing the strain and the time dependent constants for non-linear viscoelastic materials is presented, based on the finite time increment formulation of the convolution integral, and is applicable for materials which exhibit separable strain and time variables.

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of tests performed in eighteen laboratories with three specific aims: first, to establish the reproducibility of values from mode I and mode II tests carried out on two materials in different laboratories, secondly to investigate the differences between two data analyses; and finally to examine the influence of specimen thickness on mode I or mode II values.

TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of carbon fiber/epoxy repair joints, bonded using an epoxy film adhesive, under static and fatigue loading has been investigated, and it was found that there was no major effect of the conditioning on the above properties and that the repair joints had a similar static strength to that of the parent material.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the wire cutting process of cheese through a combination of experiments, theory and finite element simulations, and found that secondary damage on the cut surface caused higher fracture energy consumption than the common assumption of a single crack propagation.