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Abstract
For crack growth along an interface between two adjacent elastic–plastic materials in a layered solid, the resistance curve behaviour is analysed by approximating the behaviour in terms of a bi-material interface under small scale yielding conditions. Thus, it is assumed that the layers are thick enough so that the extent of the plastic regions around the crack tip are much smaller than the thickness of the nearest layers. The focus is on the effect of initial residual stresses in the layered material, or on T-stress components induced during loading. The fracture process is represented in terms of a cohesive zone model. It is found that the value of the T-stress component in the softer material adjacent to the interface crack plays a dominant role, such that a negative value of this T-stress gives a significant increase of the interface fracture toughness, while a positive value gives a reduction of the fracture toughness.
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