Self-similar crack expansion method for three-dimensional crack analysis

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 729-737

  Xu, Yonglin ^a   Moran, B ^a   Belytschko, T ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

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EID: 0000341678     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2788976     Document Type: Article

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