Microcrack propagation, coalescence and size effects in compression

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-347

  Carpinteri, A ^a   Scavia, C ^a   Yang, G P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; COMPRESSION; CRACK PROPAGATION; MICRO;

ALGEBRA; BEARING CAPACITY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRITTLENESS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROCRACKS; STRESSES;

CRACK INTERACTION; CRACK INTERSECTION; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD; LOADING CAPACITY; STRENGTH SIZE EFFECTS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0030153179     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(95)00161-1     Document Type: Article

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