Tε* integral as a crack growth criterion

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 147-154

  Omori, Yoshika ^a   Kobayashi, Albert S ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^b   Atluri, Satya N ^c   Tan, Paul W ^d  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack; Integral values; Surface

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; SURFACES;

CRACK TIP OPENING ANGLES (CTOA); MOIRE INTERFEROMETRY;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 0032067993     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(97)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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