A weight function for the crack surface tractions in chevron-notched specimens

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 439-445

  Sarrafi Nour, G R ^a   Coyle, T W ^a   Fett, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bridging stress intensity factor; Bridging tractions; Chevron notched specimen; R curve; Weight function

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CHEVRON-NOTCHED SPECIMENS; CRACK SURFACE TRACTIONS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0032010552     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(97)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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