The role of heterogeneity on the flow and fracture of two-phase materials

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 145-154

  Wilkinson, D S ^a,b   Maire, E ^a   Embury, J D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Flow; Fracture; Heterogeneity; Two phase materials

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTIC FLOW; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VOLUME FRACTION;

HETEROGENEITY; PARTICLE CLUSTERING; TWO PHASE MATERIALS;

ALLOYS;

FLOW; FRACTURE; TWO-PHASE DISPERSION;

EID: 0031202618     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-5093(97)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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