Mechanical reasons for plasticity-induced crack closure under plane strain conditions

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1425-1433

  Riemelmoser, F O ^a,b   Pippan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Continuum mechanics; Crack tip shielding; Dislocation mechanics; Plasticity induced crack closure

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACKS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRACK CLOSURE; CRACK TIP SHIELDING; DISLOCATION MECHANICS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0032271833     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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