Modeling of brittle fracture based on the concept of crack trajectory ensemble

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 58, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 437-457

  Chudnovsky, A ^a   Kunin, B ^b   Gorelik, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c HONEYWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BRITTLE MICROHETEROGENEOUS SOLIDS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MODELING;

EID: 0031278140     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(97)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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