Research Article

Numerical Simulation of Fracture Behavior of Brittle Solids under I/III Loading

Table 2

Variations of kink angle with α between 0.2 and 0.8 at the crack front.

α (°)z (t)
0.20.30.40.50.60.70.8

00.0550.0030.0830.1290.094−0.0070.027
10−5.691−3.742−2.034−0.0082.1984.1156.070
20−12.993−8.229−3.8910.04353.9338.83313.207
30−20.466−13.083−6.0100.0716.76213.08220.372
40−25.093−16.241−7.9390.0558.16316.27625.144
50−30.394−19.982−9.789−0.16910.91921.06331.432
60−39.125−24.966−12.113−0.02513.04926.08140.163