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(opening mode) the strain energy release rate and the stress intensity factor are related by:
:where E is the Young's modulus, ? is Poisson's ratio, and K_I is the stress intensity factor in mode I. Irwin also showed that the strain energy release rate of a planar crack in a linear elastic body can be expressed in terms of the mode I, mode II (sliding mode), and mode III (tearing

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