A unified model for fracture mechanics

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-210

  Lo, K W ^a   Tamilselvan, T ^a   Chua, K H ^a   Zhao, M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

MIXED MODE CRACK PROPAGATION; PURE CRACK PROPAGATION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0030151006     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(95)00174-3     Document Type: Article

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