This work proposes a crack growth equation for short cracks, defined for cracks which have yet to cross the first grain boundary. This crack growth law is used in conjunction with a Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics formulation to describe the complete crack growth behaviour from initiation to failure.
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Paul David Hobson (1982) studied this question.
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