On the fracture toughness of orthotropic materials

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 355-362

  Le Ngoc, L ^a   McCallion, H ^b  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Pinus radiata; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

ORTHOTROPIC MATERIALS; PINUS RADIATA;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 0031276572     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(97)00119-7     Document Type: Article

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