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Analysis of Various Chevron Notch Types and its Influence on the Ligament Area

Stanislav Seitl, Vladimir Ruzicka, Petr Miarka, Jakub Sobek
Transactions of the VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Civil Engineering Series
2019, Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages 28-34
Doi: 10.35181/tces-2019-0005
Specimens for the bending tests with the chevron notch are standardized for the evaluation of the fracture toughness of various materials. In this contribution a difference of the ligament area of the specimens with the straight through notch and the chevron notch was investigated.
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