Hi I am looking for the equation defining the crack bifurcation angle in transversely isotropic material, there are numerous paper out there for isotropic material (worked by Sih and Erdogan), general anisotropy (worked by Arakare et al), orthotropic material (worked by Buczek and Herakovich), but somehow i don't see anything giving the equation for transverse isotropic material!
Is it possible that it's just me who can't find such paper or there really doesn't exist such paper?
Thanks
Hey Maxime,
Don't worry you are not being blunt at all. You just misunderstood the point of my question.
The real reason I am searching online for the answer to this question is that I would like to make sure that this problem has not been solved yet, so I wouldn't waste time trying to solve a problem that has already been worked out. And I believe "researchgate" is a very good platform to do such inquiry. Such thing has happened plenty of times to numerous researchers that they even published a paper introducing a work that was already done. Even myself I spent a good deal of time trying to figure out the equations of SIFs in transverse isotropic material and then I ran into a paper by Sih and Erdogan giving the exact equations I needed, paper was published in 60s! So I just consider it a very first necessary step to do not a waste of time. Yet I can assure you I already am investigating the similar theories and methods in parallel to build my own model.
I appreciate the time and attention you brought to my question Maxime,
Sourena
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