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C t has been found to be an effective parameter to characterize steady-state and transient creep crack growth rates. An integral formulation for computing C t numerically is proposed in this paper, which complements existing C t formulation used in laboratory measurements.
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Kuo, AY., Chen, KL., Saxena, A. et al. An integral formulation of Ct for use in creep crack growth evaluation. Int J Fract 57, 269–280 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00035078
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