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Residual Strength and Fatigue Lifetime of ... - Solid Mechanics

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Symbols<br />

Roman Symbols<br />

A extensional stiffness<br />

a crack lenght<br />

B coupling stiffness<br />

Bct<br />

thickness <strong>of</strong> the CT specimen<br />

b width <strong>of</strong> the MMB specimen<br />

bs<br />

width <strong>of</strong> the steel specimen<br />

C1<br />

compliances <strong>of</strong> the first sub-beams in MMB specimen<br />

C2<br />

compliances <strong>of</strong> the second sub-beams in MMB specimen<br />

C3<br />

compliances <strong>of</strong> the third sub-beams in MMB specimen<br />

CMeasured measured compliance<br />

CMMB<br />

compliance <strong>of</strong> the MMB s<strong>and</strong>wich specimen<br />

Crig<br />

compliance <strong>of</strong> the MMB test rig<br />

Csteel<br />

compliance <strong>of</strong> the steel specimen<br />

c lever arm distance in the MMB test set-up<br />

D bending stiffness<br />

Ddenond bending stiffness <strong>of</strong> the debonded part <strong>of</strong> the MMB specimen<br />

Dintact<br />

bending stiffness <strong>of</strong> the intact part <strong>of</strong> the MMB specimen<br />

E Young’s modulus<br />

Ef<br />

Young’s modulus <strong>of</strong> the face sheet<br />

Ec<br />

Young’s modulus <strong>of</strong> the core<br />

Er<br />

Error in each cycle<br />

Est<br />

<br />

F<br />

Young’s modulus <strong>of</strong> steel<br />

overall average error<br />

Force<br />

G the energy release rate<br />

Gc<br />

facture toughness<br />

Gf<br />

shear modulus <strong>of</strong> the face sheet<br />

Gxz<br />

shear modulus <strong>of</strong> the core<br />

GMMB<br />

the energy release rate <strong>of</strong> the MMB specimen<br />

GIC<br />

interface fracture toughness under pure mode I<br />

GI<br />

mode I strain energy release rate<br />

GII<br />

mode II strain energy release rate<br />

mode III strain energy release rate<br />

GIII<br />

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