| ABS |
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene |
| PLA |
Polylactic Acid |
| AM |
Additive Manufacturing |
| ME |
Material Extrusion |
| FDM |
Fused Deposition Modeling |
| CAD |
Computer-Aided Design |
| TDC |
Theory of Critical Distances |
| ASED |
Average Strain Energy Density |
| SED |
Strain Energy Density |
| EMC |
Equivalent Material Concept |
| FMC |
Fictitious Material Concept |
| SENB |
Single Edge Notched Bending (specimen) |
|
|
mean value of the strain energy density |
| Wc
|
critical strain energy density |
| Rc
|
critical radius |
| σu
|
ultimate tensile strength |
| σy
|
yield strength |
| σsy
|
tensile strength at yield |
| εyield
|
strain at yield |
| E |
Young’s modulus |
| ν |
Poisson´s ratio |
| Kc
|
material fracture toughness in stress intensity factor units |
| B |
specimen thickness |
| KI
|
applied stress intensity factor |
| σmax
|
maximum principal stress at the notch tip |
| σu,EMC
|
equivalent tensile strength |
| σu,FMC
|
fictitious tensile strength |
| Kc,FMC
|
fictitious fracture toughness in stress intensity factor units |
| EFMC
|
fictitious Young´s modulus |
| Pmax,FMC
|
fictitious maximum load |
| Pcritical
|
predicted failure load |
| Pmax
|
maximum load |
| PQ
|
load provided by the intersection of the load-displacement curve and a line with a compliance 5% greater than the straight part of the load-displacement curve. |
| ρ |
notch radius |