A Voronoi cell finite element model for particle cracking in elastic-plastic composite materials

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 377-400

  Moorthy, Suresh ^a   Ghosh, Somnath ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REINFORCED PLASTICS;

BRITTLE ELASTIC INCLUSION; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS THEORY; OPTICAL MICROGRAPHS; PARTICLE CRACKING; SPLITTING; VORONOI CELL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031701004     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(97)00160-6     Document Type: Article

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