Evaluation of stress field parameters in fracture mechanics by photoelasticity -revisited

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-41

  Ramesh, K ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Kelkar, A A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PHOTOELASTICITY; STRESSES;

ATLURI AND KOBAYASHI EQUATIONS; WESTERGAARD EQUATIONS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0030837302     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(96)00098-7     Document Type: Review

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