Strain inhomogeneity and discontinuous crack growth in a particulate composite

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1981-1995

  Gonzalez, Javier ^a   Knauss, W G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. fracture; A. strain localization; B. inhomogeneous material; B. viscoelastic material; C. digital image correlation

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STRAIN; VISCOELASTICITY;

DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION; INHOMOGENEOUS MATERIAL; STRAIN LOCALIZATION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032178507     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(98)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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