Trajectories of unstably growing cracks in mixed mode I-II loading of marble beams

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-33

  Xeidakis, G S ^a   Samaras, I S ^a   Zacharopoulos, D A ^a   Papakaliatakis, G E ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MARBLE; ROCK MECHANICS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY THEORY;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030680322     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01020111     Document Type: Article

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