Doubly periodic arrays of bridged cracks and short fibre-reinforced cementitious composites

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1565-1586

  Karihaloo, B L ^a   Wang, J ^b   Grzybowski, M ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A. fracture mechanisms; A. microcracking; A. stress intensity factor; B. fibre reinforced composite material; C. singular integral equations

Indexed keywords

BONDING; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRICTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MICROCRACKS; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

BRIDGED CRACKS; CRACK OPENING; DOUBLY PERIODIC ARRAYS; FRICTIONAL PULL OUT; SHORT FIBER REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; SUPERPOSITION; TENSION SOFTENING RESPONSE;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0030270773     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-5096(96)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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