Crack interaction, coalescence and mixed mode fracture mechanics

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-63

  Wang, Y Z ^a   Atkinson, J D ^a   Akid, R ^b   Parkins, R N ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack coalescence; Crack interactions; Mixed mode behaviour; Multiple cracks

Indexed keywords

CRACK COALESCENCE; CRACK INTERACTION; CRACK INTERACTIONS; ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; MIXED MODE; MIXED MODE FRACTURE; MULTIPLE CRACK;

CRACKS; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 0029779153     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1996.tb00931.x     Document Type: Article

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