purunemismehaanikas pingete kasvu tuntud suuruse ja kujuga prao tipus iseloomustav näitaja, mida tavaliselt tähistab sümbol K
a scaling factor, usually denoted by the symbol K, used in linear-elastic fracture mechanics to describe the intensification of applied stress at the tip of a crack of known size and shape
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At the onset of rapid crack propagation in any structure containing crack, the factor is called the critical stress-intensity factor, or the fracture toughness.
