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V.M. Machado et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 41 (2017) 236-244; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.32 243 Figure 8 : Curves J I (a)  a and J EACth (a)  a generated by the analysis of the DC(T) loaded by P  3.1kN under EP conditions. Figure 9 : Curves J I (a)  a and J EACth (a)  a generated by the analysis of the DC(T) loaded by P  6kN under EP conditions. Figure 10 : EP specimens after 30 days under EAC in aqueous hydrogen sulfide environment. C ONCLUSIONS he model proposed here can evaluate the propagating or non-propagating behavior of short cracks that depart from notch tips under linear elastic and elastoplastic load regimes, and can estimate the size of tolerable short cracks or crack-like defects in practical applications. Experimental evidence presented here supports this claim under stress corrosion cracking conditions, but a similar mechanics is also valid for modeling the behavior of short fatigue cracks. T