Upper and lower bounds for evaluation of nonlinear fracture parameters

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 185-201

  Sze, K Y ^a   Wu, Chang Chun ^b   Huang, Ying Qing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Bound theorems; Finite element method; I* integral; J integral; Nonlinear fracture

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN;

BOUND THEOREMS; NONLINEAR FRACTURE PARAMETERS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0032652338     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(98)00100-3     Document Type: Article

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