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In this experimental investigation, the effects of fracture surface interface upon the torsional properties of steel alloys were quantitatively characterized. A cyclic compression pre-cracking technique was employed to produce microscopically fine crack fronts in circumferentially notched cylindrical test specimens. The abrasion and deformation that the resulting fracture surfaces underwent during...