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m Parameter which characterizes fracture under

elastic-plastic and fully plastic conditions
m Similar to the K parameter in fully elastic fracture
m Rice defined the J-integral for a cracked body as
follows:

m W = elastic strain energy density

m T = traction vector
m u = displacement vector
m î = arbitrary contour
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m Relation between J and Potential Energy

m under linear elastic conditions, J becomes the
Griffithƞs crack extension force.
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m nonlinear elasticity or deformation theory of

plasticity only applies to elastic-plastic materials
under monotonic loading
m no unloading is permitted