%0 journal article %@ 0013-7944 %A Xu, S.,Petri, N.,Tyson, W.R. %D 2009 %J Engineering Fracture Mechanics %N 13 %P 2126-2134 %R doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.06.004 %T Evaluation of CTOA from load vs. load-line displacement for C(T) specimen %U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.06.004 13 %X A method to evaluate crack length and crack tip opening angle (CTOA) using only load vs. load-line data (P vs. Δ) is proposed for sheet materials for the C(T) specimen. The method has been applied to high-strength steel sheet and reasonable agreement was found with results from the surface optical method.