The energy dissipation rate - A new tool to interpret geometry and size effects

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1296, Issue , 1997, Pages 126-151

  Kolednik, Otmar ^a   Shan, Guoxin ^b   Fischer, Dieter F ^c  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Crack growth resistance curves; Energy dissipation rate; Finite element analysis; Geometry and size effects; Instability; JR curve

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRACK GROWTH RESISTANCE; CRACK TIP OPENING ANGLE (CTOA); CRACK TIP OPENING DISPLACEMENT (CTOD); LOCAL STRESS TRIAXIALITY;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0031120255     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16232s     Document Type: Article

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