Stress field interaction and strain energy distribution between a stationary main crack and its process zone

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 797-814

  Brencich, Antonio ^a   Carpinteri, Alberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crack interaction; Energy distribution; Microcrack toughening; Process zone

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRITTLENESS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

STRAIN ENERGY DISTRIBUTION;

MICROCRACKS;

EID: 0032036159     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(97)00158-6     Document Type: Article

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