Finite element fracture analysis of WC-CO alloys

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 275-287

  Aoki, S ^a   Moriya, Y ^a   Kishimoto, K ^a   Schmauder, S ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUCLEATION; POROUS MATERIALS; STRAIN; STRESSES; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; VOLUME FRACTION;

CRACK TIP FIELD; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT FRACTURE ANALYSIS; MICROVOIDS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 0030242995     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(96)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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