Experimental and computational study of fracturing in an anisotropic brittle solid

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 247-262

  Azhdari, Abbas ^a   Nemat Nasser, Sia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Brittle fracture; Energy release rate; Experimental fracture mechanics; Finite element method; Fracture criterion; Hoop (normal) stress; Sapphire

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SAPPHIRE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FRACTURE CRITERION; HOOP STRESS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0032066083     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(97)00062-8     Document Type: Article

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