Issue 35

R. Citarella, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 35 (2015) 523-533; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.35.58 528 Determination of K 1 , , K 2  , K 3  , K 4  ,  K 5 at  a i+1 =a i +  a i   Figure 5 : Flow chart of residual strength assessment procedure. Figure 6 : Swift criterion for link-up. N UMERICAL RESULTS he first link-up (Table 1) is obtained with a load of 68 MPa, that is sufficient to create a plastic zone:   2 2 2 eq p y K r (6) T