Abstract
One mechanism by which solids fail is the union of several crack-like defects into a main crack, the growth of which completes the fracture of the body. The union of cracks formed for different reasons may be influenced by several factors, such as a high level of loading or fatigue processes. For the case of viscoelastic bodies, it is especially important to study the merging of cracks formed as a result of creep, since this union can occur at very low levels of constant external loads.
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