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N. Benachour et alii et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 51 (2020) 45-51; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.51.04 48 Fig. 3 shows the effect of applied loading on the concentration and the stress distribution near the notch for notch radius  =0.2 mm using analytical solution. An important difference at notch root is found. For P=3.99 KN, the developed stress represents 1.45 times the stresses in applied loading of 2.755 KN. The variation in the opening stress obtained numerically xx     in the plane of the slot depending on the distance to the tip there of to a radius  = 0.2 and a variable loading P, is shown in Fig. 4. The same tendency is obtained with respect to analytical results by application of Creager formulation (Fig. 3), where the gap is important in stress at the tip of the notch (high stress concentration). A good correlation was found between the numerical results and analytical results. The high difference is found at the tip of the notch where the difference not exceeds 7.4%. 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 Distance from the notch root (mm) Opening stress (MPa) P = 2.755 KN P = 3.310 KN P = 3.990 KN Figure 3: Analytical results of applied loading effect on stresses near the notch root 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 Distance from the notch root (mm) Opening stress (MPa) P = 2.755 KN P = 3.310 KN P = 3.990 KN Figure 4: Numerical results of applied loading effect on stresses near the notch root E XPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES atigue crack growth tests were conducted on V-notch four points bending specimen in T-S orientation. The notch is machined in short direction (S). To detect the starting and monitoring of crack, a polishing was performed to remove surface scratches. The geometrical model and dimension of specimens are represented in Fig. 5. Fatigue tests were conducted at constant amplitude loading at room temperature (23 °C) with a frequency of 10 Hz on a servo- F