Numerical simulation of crack growth in an isotropic solid with randomized internal cohesive bonds

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-218

  Gao, Huajian ^a   Klein, Patrick ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. crack branching and bifurcation; A. crack propagation and arrest; B. constitutive behavior; B. finite strain; C. numerical algorithms; Principles

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLIDS; STRAIN;

CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIOR PRINCIPLES; CRACK BRANCHING; FINITE STRAIN MODULUS; ISOTROPIC SOLID; RANDOMIZED INTERNAL COHESIVE BONDS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031994219     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(97)00047-1     Document Type: Article

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