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3. G. Neyber, Kontsentratsiya Napriazheniy [Concentration of Stresses] (Moscow–Leningrad: Gostekhizdat: 1947) (Russian translation).
4. G. V. Uzhik, Prochnost’ i Plastichnost’ Metallov pri Nizkikh Temperaturakh [Strength and Plasticity of Metals at Low Temperatures] (Moscow: Izd. AN SSSR: 1957) (in Russian).
5. J. F. Knott, Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics (London: Butterworth: 1973).