Decomposed crack closure integrals for estimation of SIF variations

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-178

  Singh, Ripudaman ^a   Patel, S K ^b   Dattaguru, B ^c  

^a Karta Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b GAS TURBINE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

3D Crack closure integrals; Brick elements; Finite element methods; Stress intensity factor variation

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; STRAIN; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

DECOMPOSED CRACK CLOSURE INTEGRALS (DCCI);

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032674858     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(99)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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