Fracture initiated at a corner between two different isotropic materials is considered. A “small” crack, well within the region dominated by the asymptotic stress fields of the noncracked corner, is modeled and the stress intensities associated with the tip of the small crack are determined. Different criteria for the direction of crack propagation are studied.
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