Statistics of fracture for an elastic notched composite lamina containing Weibull fibers -Part II. Probability models of crack growth

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 267-299

  Beyerlein, Irene J ^a   Leigh Phoenix, S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ELASTIC NOTCHED COMPOSITE LAMINA; WEIBULL FIBERS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0031131113     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(97)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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