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… was repeated once more
g) The critical strain energy release rate Gc was determined using the “area
method”, based on load-displacement curves measured during Cycles 1 & 2
* Sketch extracted from: Ratcliffe, J.G., and Reeder, J.R., “Sizing a Single Cantilever Beam Specimen for Characterizing Facesheet-Core Debonding in
Sandwich Structure”, Journal of…
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