Abstract
Multiple cracking caused by thermal shock of smooth specimens is predicted qualitatively by invoking time dependent energy release rates. The results suggest that the experimentally observed final crack pattern may have developed stably from an intermediate transient state of unstable crack growth initiated from preexisting flaws. In this way, thermal shock damage and its dependence on the temperature difference in quenching and on initial strength are explained.
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