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VCCT for a kinked crack using Abaqus

Submitted by Sarah A. Eassa on

Hello eveyone

I am struggling in computing the energy release rates (ERRs) for a kinked carck from an interface crack. I have used the Revised VCCT. I made the calcuations by hand. I wonder if I can implement the kinked crack in Abaqus and let it do the calculations of the ERRs.