Results from an elastic-plastic finite element analysis of a compact tension specimen (CTS) are presented and provide information on the growth of crack tip plastic zones, crack tip opening displacements, stresses and strains in the region of the crack tip, and Rice's J integral. The elastic-plastic crack separation energy rate GΔ is also evaluated when the crack extends at various loads by applying a crack tip node release technique.
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