Particle cracking in discretely reinforced materials with the voronoi cell finite element model

International Journal of Plasticity

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 805-827

  Moorthy, S ^a   Ghosh, S ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INCLUSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

DUCTILE ELASTIC PLASTIC MATRIX MATERIAL; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS THEORY; RANKINE CRITERION; SPLITTING; VORONOI CELL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL;

PLASTICITY;

EID: 0032319322     PISSN: 07496419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-6419(98)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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