Method of caustics in fracture mechanics of mechanically anisotropic materials

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Semenski, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anisotropic materials; Caustics; Fracture mechanics; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; DATA REDUCTION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

MECHANICALLY ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS; METHOD OF CAUSTICS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0031222999     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(97)00080-5     Document Type: Article

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