Stress intensity factors and weight functions for high aspect ratio semi-elliptical surface cracks in finite-thickness plates

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-24

  Wang, Xin ^a   Lambert, S B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CALCULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; PLATE METAL; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SEMI ELLIPTICAL CRACKS; WEIGHT FUNCTIONS;

CRACKS;

EID: 0031144487     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(97)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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