An r-curve approach for fracture of quasi-brittle materials

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 901-913

  Chengsheng, Ouyang ^a   Barzin, Mobasher ^a   Surendra P , Shah ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS--FRACTURE; MATERIALS--CRACK PROPAGATION;

NOTCHED BEAM TESTS; QUASI BRITTLE MATERIALS; R-CRUVE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0025595191     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(90)90087-W     Document Type: Article

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