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FIGURE 5.23 Examples of unsuccessful cleavage events: (a) arrest at particle/matrix interface, (b) arrest at
a grain boundary, and (c) arrest due to a steep stress gradient.
FIGURE 5.24 Arrested cleavage cracks ahead of a macroscopic crack in a spherodized 1008 steel. Taken
from Lin, T., Evans, A.G., and Ritchie, R.O., ‘‘Statistical Model of Brittle Fracture by Transgranular Cleavage.”
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 34, 1986, pp. 477–496.
