Crack propagation and coalescence in brittle materials under compression

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 311-324

  Tang, C A ^a   Kou, S Q ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brittle material; Coalescence; Cracks; Heterogeneity; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COALESCENCE; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE RFPA; WING CRACKS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COALESCENCE; CRACK PROPAGATION; ROCK;

EID: 0032173190     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(98)00067-8     Document Type: Article

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