Dislocation model of a plastic tensile crack

Abstract
An extensive numerical analysis has been made dealing with the energetics associated with the formation and propagation of plastic tensile and shear−type cracks. All of these cracks have been modeled entirely on the basis of dislocation theory. The most important finding of this investigation is that the stress required to propagate a plastic tensile crack is much higher than that for an elastic crack which in turn is greater than that for a plastic shear crack.