Three-dimensional finite-element analyses of corner cracks at stress concentrations

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 505-512

  Tan, P W ^b   Newman Jr , J C ^a   Bigelow, C A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATE METAL; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRACK DEPTH TO CRACK LENGTH RATIOS; CRACK DEPTH TO PLATE THICKNESS RATIOS; CRACK SHAPE; CRACK SIZE; NOTCH RADIUS TO PLATE THICKNESS RATIOS;

CRACKS;

EID: 0030269153     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(94)00231-2     Document Type: Article

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