An improved photo-elastic technique for determining the mixed-mode stress-intensity factors for interfacial cracks in a bi-material

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1033-1039

  Soh, Ai Kah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bi material; Complex potentials; Interfacial cracks; Least square method; Photo elastic technique; Stress intensity factors

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATERIALS; POISSON RATIO; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

BIMATERIAL; INTERFACIAL CRACK; LEAST SQUARE FITTING;

PHOTOELASTICITY;

EID: 0032678591     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00142-0     Document Type: Article

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