Stress intensity factors for cracked I-beams

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 609-615

  Dunn, Martin L ^a   Suwito, Wan ^a   Hunter, Brian ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary strength theory; I beams; Stress intensity factors

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BENDING MOMENT; ELEMENTARY STRENGTH THEORY;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

CRACK; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS;

EID: 0031205681     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(97)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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