Universal crack closure integral for SIF estimation

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-146

  Singh, R ^a,b   Carter, B J ^a   Wawrzynek, P A ^a   Ingraffea, A R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CRACK CLOSURE INTEGRAL (CCI); POTENTIAL ENERGY RELEASE RATES (PERR);

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACK;

EID: 0032071367     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(98)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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