Certain aspects related to computation by modified crack closure integral (MCCI)

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 335-339

  Narayana, K Badari ^a   Dattaguru, B ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DEFORMATION; ESTIMATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; STRAIN RATE; VECTORS;

CRACK TENSION SPECIMEN; MODIFIED CRACK CLOSURE INTEGRAL; NUDAL FORCE VECTORS; STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATES;

CRACKS;

EID: 0030244211     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(96)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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