Research Article

Study on Thermally Induced Crack Propagation Behavior of Functionally Graded Materials Using a Modified Peridynamic Model

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Thermal crack paths at different initial temperatures (left side: results predicted by the modified PD model in present work; right side: experimental results in [44]): (a) T0 = 300°C; (b) T0 = 350°C; (c) T0 = 400°C; (d) T0 = 500°C.
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