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. 2022 Mar 23;15(7):2372. doi: 10.3390/ma15072372
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)
W¯ 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