An unsymmetric double cantilever beam test for interfacial fracture toughness determination

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 799-817

  Sundararaman, Viswanathan ^a   Davidson, Barry D ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BIMATERIAL INTERFACE; CRACK TIP ELEMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; INTERFACIAL FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MODE MIXITY; NONLINEAR PLATE THEORY; UNSYMMETRIC DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM TEST;

MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 0031103705     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(96)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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