An alternating method based on the VNA solution for analysis of damaged solid containing arbitrarily distributed elliptical microcracks

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-192

  Nishioka, Toshihisa ^a   Kato, Tetsuji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY OF MERCANTILE MARINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternating method; Damaged material; Effective elastic moduli; Elliptical crack; Interaction; Microcrack; Periodically distributed microcrack; Representative cell; Shielding effect; Stress intensity factor; VNA solution

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MICROCRACKS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSORS;

ALTERNATING METHODS; SHIELDING EFFECT;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0032311610     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007444002813     Document Type: Article

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