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The effect of crack length and of crack wake history on crack closure is investigated in 304L austenitic steel. Tests are run on CT specimens initially pre-cracked at constant applied stress intensity factor range ΔK, at a load ratio R=0.1. After precracking, the crack wakes are machined to obtain 2D physically short cracks. Then propagation of these short cracks is still performed at constant ΔK...
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