Consideration of inertia effect is important to estimate the stress intensity factor for impact fracture toughness test. In the present paper the dynamic stress intensity factor
K(
t) is calculated from
K(
t)=α(
t)·
Kstat, where α(
t) is the impact response function and
Kstat is the corresponding static value. The α(
t) is computed by superimposing the step response function
h(
t). The
h(
t) for the crack, subjected to step load, is evaluated using the finite element method. The numerical computation of
K(
t) is carried out for the experiment introduced by Costin et al. The results indicate the good applicability of this method for the determination of the impact fracture toughness
K1d.
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