The elastic-plastic finite element alternating method (EPFEAM) and the prediction of fracture under WFD conditions in aircraft structures: Part III: Computational predictions of the NIST multiple site damage experimental results

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-212

  Wang, L ^a   Brust, F W ^a   Atluri, S N ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

ELASTIC PLASTIC FINITE ELEMENT ALTERNATING METHOD (EPFEAM);

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0031199517     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004660050240     Document Type: Article

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