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[tag] fracture_toughness

Fracture toughness/critical energy release rate given in of stress times lengths.

The fracture toughness \(G_{c}\) denotes the total energy dissipation to resist a fracture. Graphically, its value equals to the total area below the bilinear curve.

Additional info

From MaterialLib/FractureModels/CreateCohesiveZoneModeI.cpp line 39

  • This is a required parameter.
  • Expanded tag path: NONEXISTENT.fracture_model.CohesiveZoneModeI.fracture_toughness
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Used in no end-to-end test cases.