A Fracture Criterion for Prediction of Fracture Initiation of Metal Materials at Various Stress States for Nuclear Waste Storage

<div>The schematic diagrams of relationship between the direction of crack initiation and the distribution of stress triaxiality in the loading condition of (a) mode I (b) mode II.</div>

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations

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Figure 8: A Fracture Criterion for Prediction of Fracture Initiation of Metal Materials at Various Stress States for Nuclear Waste Storage 